Providence

prov'i-dens, n. timely preparation [theol.) the foresight and care of God over all his creatures God, considered in this relation prudence in managing one’s affairs. [Fr —L. provident i a Provident, prov'i-dent, adj providing for the future: cautious: prudent: economical, adv. Providently (L. provid-ens, -eniis, pr.p. of pro video See Provide Doublet Prudent Providential, prov-t-den's hal, adj ef/itted by or — proceeding from divine providence. adv. Providentially. Province, prov/ins, n. a portion of an empire or state the district over which one has jurisdiction a region a busine or duty one’s busine or calling a department of kuowledgc. [Fr. —L. provincta Ety. unknown Provincial, pro-vin's hal, adj relating to a province: belonging to a division of a country: characteristic of the inhabitants of a province — rude unpolished n. an inhabitant ofa province or country district (in the R. Cath. Church, the superintendent of the heads of the religious houses in a provitue. adv Provin'cially. Provincialism, pro-vin's hal-Um, n mode sj>ecch peculiar to a province or country district a peculiarity of dialed.