prevenience
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin praeveniēns (“preceding, coming before”).
Noun [edit]
prevenience (plural preveniences)
- (Methodism) The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent.
- (Methodism) Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation.
Usage notes [edit]
- In contemporary English, this term is specific to Methodism and the theology of John Wesley.
