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Provenience   /prəvˈɛniəns/   Listen
Provenience

noun
1.
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.  Synonyms: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance.





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"Provenience" Quotes from Famous Books



... earth-mother are connected the numerous myths of the origin of the first human beings from clay, mould, etc., their provenience from caves, holes in the ground, rocks and mountains, especially those in which the woman is said to have been created first (509. 110). Here belong also not a few ethnic names, for many primitive peoples ...
— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain


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