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provenience

[ proh-vee-nee-uh ns, -veen-yuh ns ]

/ proʊˈvi ni əns, -ˈvin yəns /

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noun

provenance; origin; source.

Origin of provenience

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

Words nearby provenience

proven, provenance, provence, provence rose, provender, provenience, proventil, proventriculus, provençal, provençale, proverb

Example sentences from the Web for provenience

From older (pre-1901) University collections, provenience and collector not recorded.

Mohave Pottery |Alfred L. Kroeber
They were in the Forum, as the provenience of the inscription shows.

A Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste |Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
None of this material has provenience data, nearly all of it having turned up in the process of trenching.

The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia |C. Malcolm Watkins
Maeterlinck's speculations, despite their medieval provenience, have a practical orientation.

Prophets of Dissent |Otto Heller

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

Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning |Willard Huntington Wright