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Definition of Provenience
1. Noun. Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence. "The birthplace of civilization"
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Origin, Root, Rootage, Source
Definition of Provenience
1. n. Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in archæology; as, the provenience of a patera.
Definition of Provenience
1. Noun. (archaeology) Source; origin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provenience
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provenience
Literary usage of Provenience
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... of the juridical in so far as the provenience of hope from merit (" spes
provenu ex meritis ") is more strongly emphasized; of the mystical inasmuch as ..."
2. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. by Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht (1908)
"His reports show that he excavated in nearly all the mounds, but the records do
not give the provenience of the tablets. Besides the documents from Nippur ..."
3. Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting by Patricia Lawrence, Darrell Arlynn Amyx (1996)
"Early excavations; exact provenience unknown. Single fragment from upper part of
body wall, with a bit of the neck, broken on all sides. ..."
4. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... the tale of English provenience, the tale of African-Portuguese or African-Arab
provenience, and the tale of African provenience. ..."
5. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"187, 382, 604-605. At all events Faustus calls the house his house, not a public
house. The provenience of the inscribed base VI 1767 remains a puzzle. ..."
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