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provenience

[ proh-vee-nee-uhns, -veen-yuhns ]

noun

  1. provenance; origin; source.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of provenience1

1880–85; < Latin prōveni ( ent )- (stem of prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre to come forth, arise) + -ence. See provenance

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Example Sentences

Maeterlinck's speculations, despite their medieval provenience, have a practical orientation.

None of this material has provenience data, nearly all of it having turned up in the process of trenching.

This also indicates an early provenience for Wheeler points.

The methods of Futurism have their provenience in many preceding art movements.

It was therefore considered adequate, when returning to the field, to designate provenience by excavation unit and level only.

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