Usually means: Guidance or care from God.
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  1. providence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Providence, providence: Merriam-Webster
  3. Providence, Providence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Providence, providence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. providence: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Providence, providence: Vocabulary.com
  7. Providence, providence: Wordnik
  8. providence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Providence, providence: Wiktionary
  10. providence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Providence, providence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. providence: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Providence: Dictionary.com
  14. providence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. providence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Providence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. providence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. providence: Rhymezone
  20. Providence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. providence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. providence: FreeDictionary.org
  23. providence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Providence: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. providence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. providence: Legal dictionary

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  1. providence: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. providence: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Providence: Easton Bible
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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  1. providence: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; the grace of God; fate or fortune.
noun:  A number of places named after Divine Providence:
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, the state capital and largest city.
noun:  A town in Marengo County, Alabama.
noun:  An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
noun:  A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
noun:  A city in Webster County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Simpson County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Trimble County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
noun:  A town in Saratoga County, New York.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
noun:  A township and ghost town in Lucas County, Ohio.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
noun:  A city in Cache County, Utah.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
noun:  A village in Apatou commune, French Guiana department.
noun:  A community in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
noun:  (now rare) Preparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
noun:  The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.).
noun:  A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
noun:  Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.

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