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providence Definition

provi·dence (prävə dəns)

noun

  1. a looking to, or preparation for, the future; provision
  2. skill or wisdom in management; prudence
    1. the care or benevolent guidance of God or nature
    2. an instance of this
  3. God, as the guiding power of the universe

Etymology: ME < MFr < L providentia, foresight < providens: see provident

Providence Definition

Provi·dence (prävə dəns)

capital of R.I., on Narragansett Bay: pop. 174,000

Etymology: named by Roger Williams

providence Synonyms

providence

n.

divine government, divine superintendence, Deity; see god.

providence Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: Thirdly, Paul saw the providence of God working out even in the people in the church who were trying to cause him trouble.
  • frown: Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
  • divine: Joy is an act of proper response to divine providence.
  • overrule: She refused to recognize in the events on Carmel the overruling providence of God.
  • misinterpret: Unbelief, sense and reason, do oft misinterpret providence.
  • tempt: I don't intend to tempt providence and suffer another stroke that could possibly be fatal.

Adjective modifier

  • divine: At the time, they seemed more like divine providence.
  • merciful: It was spoken by Moses a little before his death, to establish the people in God's merciful providence.
  • tempting: It was tempting providence to turn a bout in harbor against the sun.
  • sovereign: Help us, O God, to trust in Your sovereign providence, help us to be satisfied with little.
  • wonderful: It may be that in the wonderful providence of God this unspeakable privilege is reserved for us in this day.
  • special: How does God work in acts of special providence or miracle in a world governed by the laws of physics?

Modifies a noun

  • massachusetts: Damage jim brown auto insurance providence massachusetts up paying the.
  • move: This is, that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
  • structure: Charles explains that Divine providence structures and controls the creation in its nature and its continuing welfare.

Noun used with modifier

  • auto: Damage jim brown auto insurance providence massachusetts up paying the.
  • insurance: Damage jim brown auto insurance providence massachusetts up paying the.

Possessives

creator: And the Creator's providence over his creatures may be likened to the human father's care and tenderness toward his children.

Preposition: in

fall: There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow... .