foreknowledge

[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌnɒl ɪdʒ, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈnɒl ɪdʒ, foʊr- /

knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?

Origin of foreknowledge

First recorded in 1525–35; fore- + knowledge

The doctrine of foreknowledge, with Mr. Toplady, included the doctrine of election and decrees.

The Young People's Wesley |W. McDonald
By some mysterious agency, the coasters developed a foreknowledge of permission to proceed.

Merchantmen-at-Arms |David W. Bone
Yet when it arose, the crisis proved none the less agonising because of that foreknowledge.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady |Lucas Malet
What becomes of God's foreknowledge if He does not know the results of the trials to which He subjects us?

The Works of Honor de Balzac |Honor de Balzac

We do not know of a real instance in which a man's decision tended to be contrary to God's foreknowledge of its outcome.

A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy |Isaac Husik