Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
- noun Prudent management; economy.
- noun The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction.
- noun God.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Foresight; timely care or preparation.
- noun Frugality; prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy.
- noun The care and guardianship of God over his creatures; divine supervision.
- noun Hence [capitalized] God, regarded as exercising forecast, care, and direction for and over his creatures; the divine power and direction.
- noun Something due to an act of providential intervention; an act or event in which the care of God is directly exhibited.
- noun Synonyms and Prudence, Discretion, etc. See
wisdom .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
- noun Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
- noun (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
- noun Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
prudent care andmanagement ofresources . - noun The
careful guardianship exercised by adeity . - noun A
manifestation ofdivine care ordirection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
- noun the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
Etymologies
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Examples
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He that gave us our being, by a constant renewed act upholds us in our being, and his providence is a continued creation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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He has the command of all the creatures that he has made (v. 16); his providence is a continued creation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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And his providence is a continued creation, Ps. cxix.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Buying an iPhone for $5,000 without inquiring about the providence is sheer folly at best and a felony atworst.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is It a Crime to Receive an Item That You Know Belongs to a Third Party? 2010
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It might have still been spit when I lived in providence and came to Boston for shows, and then changed shortly before I got here.
ceciliatan: My bar is closing!! ceciliatan 2010
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I feel that deciding which women are allowed true providence is as harmful as deciding which women are "allowed" to keep at home (stay at home mothers only, stay at home mothers and wives but no others, on and on dot dot dot).
Living the Dream 2007
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In Shakespeare, the word providence can refer to destiny or fate or a kind of augury.
Dangerous Illusions Daniel J. Mahoney 2008
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But we like to believe we're all those things as a result of our own diligence, intellect and a certain providence that shelters democracies.
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Shotguns were fired into several homes, but again providence spared us injuries.
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Providence probably (for we cannot dogmatically define the hidden purposes of God in providence) overruled the past evil to ultimately greater good to him.
chained_bear commented on the word providence
The H.M.S. Providence was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781. There were two vessels by this name, as follows, "Providence, Capt. Hunter, and Providence, Capt. Berriman."
October 29, 2007
kingtaj commented on the word providence
"Oh what providence, what divine intelligence, that you should survive as well as me." ~The Decemberists
May 2, 2008
dailyword commented on the word providence
Matthew and Marilla said it was this that brought Anne to them.
June 10, 2012