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providence

/ˈpɹɑvɪdəns/

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What does providence mean?

noun

  1. The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.).
  2. A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
  3. Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.
More meanings (29)

proper noun

  1. Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; the grace of God; fate or fortune.
  2. A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, the state capital and largest city.
  3. A town in Marengo County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
  5. A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
  6. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
  8. A city in Webster County, Kentucky.
  9. An unincorporated community in Simpson County, Kentucky.
  10. An unincorporated community in Trimble County, Kentucky.
  11. An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
  12. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
  13. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
  14. An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
  15. A town in Saratoga County, New York.
  16. An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
  17. An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
  18. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina.
  19. An unincorporated community in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
  20. A township and ghost town in Lucas County, Ohio.
  21. A township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  22. An unincorporated community in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
  23. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
  24. A city in Cache County, Utah.
  25. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  26. Other townships, in Iowa (2), and North Carolina, listed under Providence Township.
  27. A village in Apatou commune, French Guiana department.
  28. A community in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.

noun

  1. (archaic) Preparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
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I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
The hero is also a superior man, who plays the part of Providence to the family which has refused to recognize him.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
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I can but admire to see the wonderful providence of God in preserving the heathen for further affliction to our poor country.
Mary White RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonProject Gutenberg ebook #851
And they put in a face in which they inserted organs to minister in all things to the providence of the soul.
PlatoTimaeusTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1572
If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe warlord of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #68