All 6 Uses
providence
in
Water for Elephants
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- Day after day he marches into town, negotiating by telegram, and by the following Friday the son has agreed to meet us in Providence and take custody of the old man.†
Chpt 15 *providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- He's meeting us in Providence.†
Chpt 15
- Talked him into meeting us in Providence to take Camel off our hands.†
Chpt 18
- But not until Providence.†
Chpt 21
- So, you're going to take off after Providence.†
Chpt 21
- If we leave before Providence, Camel's done for.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.