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† proviˈance Sc. Obs. rare.
Also 4 pruwiance.
[a. OF. proveance (13th c. in Godef.), variant of por-, pourveance, -voyance, semi-popular representatives of L. prōvidēntia: see purveyance.]
Provision; providence.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii. (George) 213 In þe tyme come a knycht..I treu, of goddis pruwiance—Quhare þe maydine abad hir chance. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 6197 Thocht presentlye, be Goddis prouiance, Beistis, fowlis, and fyschis in the seis, Ar necessar, now, for mannis sustenance. |