Prē′ sci-ence, n.

(prē′/shi-ens) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. prescience, Pr. & Pg. prescientia, Sp. presciencia, It. prescienza, Lat. præscientia. See i. fra.] Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

Of things of the most accidental and mutable nature, God's prescience is certain. South.