Definition for PRE-SCIENCE

PRE-SCIENCE, n. [presi'ence or pre'shens; Low L. præscientia; præ, before, and scientia, knowledge; Fr. prescience; It. prescienza. The common pronunciation of this word pre'shens, obscures the sense.]

Foreknowledge; knowledge of events before they take place. Absolute prescience belongs to God only. Of things of the most accidental and mutable nature, God's prescience is certain. – South.

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