providence
/ˈpɹɑvɪdəns/ noun C2- The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.).
- A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
- Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality. · His providence in saving for his old age is exemplary.
Plural providences
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“I have settled it all;” and then Teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death, and Teddy’s father said that he was a providence, and Teddy looked on with big scared eyes.
Marilla did not look as if she thought Providence had much to do with the matter.
Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence.
It was Providence, because the Almighty saw we needed her, I reckon.”
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