Definition of Providences

1. Noun. (plural of providence) ¹

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Definition of Providences

1. providence [n] - See also: providence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Providences

proverbs run in pairs
proverbs should be sold in pairs
proverbs should be writ in pairs
proverbs should come in pairs
proverbs should go in pairs
provers
proves
provest
proveth
proviant
proviants
provide
provided
provided with
providence
providences (current term)
provident
providential
providentially
providently
providentness
provider
providers
provides
providest
provideth
providing
providor
providore
providores

Literary usage of Providences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on the Progress of Nations in Civilization, Productive Industry by Ezra Champion Seaman (1868)
"On the General and Special providences of God; and the use of Natu-ral Causes to effect ... The general providences of God are generally understood to be, ..."

2. Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1858)
"Our first inquiry is, what we are to understand by the providences of God. ... Saying nothing of extraordinary providences, we apprehend that there is no ..."

3. Chief of the Pilgrims: Or, the Life and Time of William Brewster, Ruling by Ashbel Steele (1857)
"In this view, we have marked with deep reverence the evident providences of God, traced by discipline at every point, bringing good out of evil; providences ..."

4. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth: In New England in 1620: Reprint by William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Robert Cushman, John Robinson (1849)
"This is God's order ; principles come first, providences next, persons last. ... providences develope principles, principles make persons. ..."

5. The Boston Review (1861)
"ARTICLE V. ACCIDENTS OR providences, WHICH? IT is said that in his flight for Mecca, Mohammed sought concealment and rest in a cave by the way-side. ..."

6. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in New England, in 1620: Reprinted by George Barrell Cheever (1848)
"This is God's order ; principles come first, providences next, persons last. ... Sometimes principles, providences, and persons all go to form other persons ..."

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