meaning of providence
1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
2. Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
3. A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
4. Prudence in the management of ones concerns; economy; frugality.
5. the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine
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