providence

6 definitions found

providence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Providence \Prov"i*dence\, n. [L. providentia: cf. F.
     providence. See Provident, and cf. Prudence.]
     1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or
        application; a making ready; preparation.
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              Providence for war is the best prevention of it.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. 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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              The world was all before them, where to choose
              Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence
        which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained
        by divine direction.
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              He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide
              for, needs a greater providence of God. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     4. Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy;
        frugality.
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              It is a high point of providence in a prince to cast
              an eye rather upon actions than persons. --Quarles.
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providence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Providence
      n 1: the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in
           northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of
           Brown University [syn: Providence, capital of Rhode Island
           ]
      2: the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine
         providence"
      3: a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
      4: the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management
         of resources [ant: improvidence, shortsightedness]

providence - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Providence
  literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God's
  preserving and governing all things by means of second causes
  (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God's
  providence extends to the natural world (Ps. 104:14; 135:5-7;
  Acts 14:17), the brute creation (Ps. 104:21-29; Matt. 6:26;
  10:29), and the affairs of men (1 Chr. 16:31; Ps. 47:7; Prov.
  21:1; Job 12:23; Dan. 2:21; 4:25), and of individuals (1 Sam.
  2:6; Ps. 18:30; Luke 1:53; James 4:13-15). It extends also to
  the free actions of men (Ex. 12:36; 1 Sam. 24:9-15; Ps. 33:14,
  15; Prov. 16:1; 19:21; 20:24; 21:1), and things sinful (2 Sam.
  16:10; 24:1; Rom. 11:32; Acts 4:27, 28), as well as to their
  good actions (Phil. 2:13; 4:13; 2 Cor. 12:9, 10; Eph. 2:10; Gal.
  5:22-25).
  
    As regards sinful actions of men, they are represented as
  occurring by God's permission (Gen. 45:5; 50:20. Comp. 1 Sam.
  6:6; Ex. 7:13; 14:17; Acts 2:3; 3:18; 4:27, 28), and as
  controlled (Ps. 76:10) and overruled for good (Gen. 50:20; Acts
  3:13). God does not cause or approve of sin, but only limits,
  restrains, overrules it for good.
  
    The mode of God's providential government is altogether
  unexplained. We only know that it is a fact that God does govern
  all his creatures and all their actions; that this government is
  universal (Ps. 103:17-19), particular (Matt. 10:29-31),
  efficacious (Ps. 33:11; Job 23:13), embraces events apparently
  contingent (Prov. 16:9, 33; 19:21; 21:1), is consistent with his
  own perfection (2 Tim. 2:13), and to his own glory (Rom. 9:17;
  11:36).

providence - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Providence, AL (town, FIPS 62688)
    Location: 32.34445 N, 87.77210 W
    Population (1990): 307 (121 housing units)
    Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Providence, KY (city, FIPS 63372)
    Location: 37.39920 N, 87.75021 W
    Population (1990): 4123 (1823 housing units)
    Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 42450
  Providence, NC
    Zip code(s): 27315
  Providence, RI (city, FIPS 59000)
    Location: 41.82195 N, 71.41973 W
    Population (1990): 160728 (66794 housing units)
    Area: 47.8 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02903, 02906, 02908
  Providence, UT (city, FIPS 62360)
    Location: 41.70516 N, 111.81344 W
    Population (1990): 3344 (897 housing units)
    Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 84332

providence - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "Providence":
     Almighty God, Alpha and Omega, Atropos, Clotho, Dame Fortune,
     Decuma, Demiourgos, Demiurge, Fata, Fates, Fortuna, God,
     God Almighty, Heaven, I Am, Jehovah, King of Kings, Lachesis, Lord,
     Lord of Lords, Lord of hosts, Moirai, Morta, Nona, Norns,
     Omnipotence, Omniscience, Parcae, Skuld, Tyche, Urdur, Verthandi,
     Weird Sisters, Weirds, the Absolute, the Absolute Being,
     the All-holy, the All-knowing, the All-merciful, the All-powerful,
     the All-wise, the Almighty, the Creator, the Deity, the Divinity,
     the Eternal, the Eternal Being, the First Cause, the Infinite,
     the Infinite Spirit, the Maker, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient,
     the Preserver, the Supreme Being, the Supreme Soul
  
  

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "providence":
     acuity, acumen, acuteness, anticipation, apperception, astuteness,
     austerity, austerity program, beneficence, canniness, care,
     carefulness, caution, chariness, circumspection, circumspectness,
     cogency, concern, conservation, consideration, contemplation,
     control, cool judgment, creation, destiny, direction, discernment,
     discreetness, discretion, discrimination, dispensation,
     economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means,
     envisagement, envisionment, false economy, farseeingness,
     farsightedness, fate, forearming, forecast, foreglance, foregleam,
     foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight,
     foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, fortune,
     frugality, frugalness, good judgment, good management, guidance,
     husbandry, incisiveness, insight, insurance, judgment,
     judiciousness, karma, kismet, longheadedness, longsightedness,
     looking ahead, lot, management, measures, parsimoniousness,
     parsimony, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience,
     perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness,
     policy, polity, precaution, precautions, precautiousness,
     prediction, preparation, prepublication, preservation,
     preventive measure, preview, prevision, prospect, prospection,
     protection, provision, prudence, prudential administration,
     prudentialism, readiness, reflection, reflectiveness, safeguard,
     sagaciousness, sagacity, sensibility, sound judgment,
     soundness of judgment, sparingness, steps, steps and measures,
     thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings,
     trenchancy, unwastefulness, visitations of providence, weighing