PROVIDENCE
\pɹˈɒvɪdəns], \pɹˈɒvɪdəns], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_ɪ_d_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of PROVIDENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
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the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
By Princeton University
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the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
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the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
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Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
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A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
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Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
By Oddity Software
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Timely care or preparation; economy; prudence; foresight and care of God for his creatures; an event directly caused by the power of God: Providence, God.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Timely preparation: (theol.) the foresight and care of God over all his creatures: God, considered in this relation: prudence in managing one's affairs.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The care exercised by the Supreme Being over the universe; also, a providential event or circumstance.
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Hence, the Deity.
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The exercise of foresight.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of providing or preparing for future use or application ;-foresight ; forecast ; timely care ; - prudence in expenditure ; wise economy ; frugality ;-especially, the care which God exercises over all his works ; divine superintendence ; ordering of events; supplying the wants of all living creatures, &c. ;-hence, God himself as the giver of all good and sovereign disposer of all events ; colloquially, any event or incident in the lives of individuals or communities regarded as a special interposition of God in their behalf.
