n                (theology) Doctrine of 
preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. 
(defdate|First attested in the mid 18th century.)[(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink =  | coauthors =  | editor =Brown, Lesley  | others =  | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate =  | origyear = 1933| origmonth =  | url =  | format =  | accessdate =  | accessyear =  | accessmonth =  | edition = 5th | date =  | year =2003| month =  | publisher =Oxford University Press  | location =Oxford, UK | language =  | id =  | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =9| chapter =  | chapterurl =  | quote =)]