Definitions for provenience

provenience pro·ve·ni·ence

Spelling: [proh-vee-nee-uh ns, -veen-yuh ns]
IPA: /proʊˈvi ni əns, -ˈvin yəns/

Provenience is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 417 anagrams from letters in provenience (ceeeinnoprv).

Definitions for provenience

noun

  1. 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

Examples for provenience

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

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

The number assigned each specimen referred not only to its catalogue entry but also its provenience.

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

They were in the Forum, as the provenience of the inscription shows.

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

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