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  • adjective Having a provenance.

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Examples

  • By then a work written in and for a specific time, elbowing out previous versions on which it substantially relied, with many wonderful coinages as well as some pedestrian and repetitive formulations, had turned into something universal and apparently divinely provenanced, a book of which the proverbial American Baptist could insist: "If it's good enough for St Paul, it's good enough for me."

    The King James Bible reconsidered | David Edgar 2011

  • “Since many Roman amphorae are well-dated and well-provenanced, they represent an untapped resource for the understanding of Indian Ocean contact.”

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

  • They are provenanced, but they are really unable to go in and reconstruct the tomb very well, except with the use of the robotic cameras and going in and -- and looking at it after the fact.

    CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2007 2007

  • It's the only Jesus, son of Joseph, ever found, out of thousands of ossuaries, in a provenanced archaeological context.

    CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2007 2007

  • It's the only Jesus, son of Joseph, ever found, out of thousands of ossuaries, in a provenanced archaeological context.

    CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2007 2007

  • Amongst other things, the forged export licence is enough to make it hard, if not impossible, for any mainstream public museum to put on display, let alone buy, the treasure all museums now insist that their purchases are properly provenanced.

    A glimpse of the Sevso Treasure 2006

  • "Thanks to this positive recent clarification of the market, everyone is searching for the well-provenanced, works," says Hicham Aboutaam, antiquities expert and co-founder of Phoenix Ancient Art, a leading dealer with galleries in New York and Geneva.

    Ancient History For Sale Carrie Coolidge 2006

  • A securely provenanced and dated collection, it will help date Chinese artifacts of the same period found elsewhere.

    Red Sea Wreck 1996

  • With north and east exposures, the proudly provenanced apartment is "graced with lovely prewar moldings and exceptional light."

    All Stories | The New York Observer 2010

  • With north and east exposures, the proudly provenanced apartment is "graced with lovely prewar moldings and exceptional light."

    All Stories | The New York Observer 2010

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