prescience

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/
  • (?) IPA: /ˈpɹɛʃɨns/

[edit] Etymology

From French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

[edit] Noun

prescience (plural presciences)

  1. Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge.
    God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards

[edit] Translations

Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge
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