provenience
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of provenience
1880–85; < Latin prōveni ( ent )- (stem of prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre to come forth, arise) + -ence. See provenance
Example Sentences
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I mean, I’ve heard of provenance — the unbroken chain of ownership of, say, an old master painting or Tang dynasty vase — but provenience?
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2015
However, there is still no definitive word on the masks’ provenience and they say their detective work will continue.
From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2015
Maeterlinck's speculations, despite their medieval provenience, have a practical orientation.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto
Both at Sevres and Neuchatel Aegean vases have been exhibited since about 1840, the provenience being in the one case Phylakope in Melos, in the other Cephalonia.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The inscription was on a small cippus, and was seen in a great many different places, so no argument can be drawn from its provenience.
From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman
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