I.to preordain (eccl. Lat.): “Deus praeordinavit te, ut, etc.,” Vulg. Act. 22, 14.—Hence, praeordĭnā-tus , a, um, Part., ordered beforehand, preordained (post-class.): “causae,” Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 4, 44; Vulg. Act. 10, 41.
prae-ordĭno , āre, 1, v. a.,