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What is the noun for provenance?

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provenance
  1. Place or source of origin.
  2. (archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
  3. (art) The history of ownership of a work of art
  4. (computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
  5. (computing) The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
  6. (of a person) Background; history; place of origin
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  8. Examples:
    1. “The movements condemned goods of foreign provenance, in part by defining them as unnecessary, unpatriotic, and unvirtuous luxuries.”
provenances
  1. plural of provenance
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Therefore, the precise provenances and functions of the two Doric capitals found in this building must remain indeterminate.”
      “Neither dates nor provenances can convincingly explain the development of these distinct artistic languages.”
      “The catalogue conscientiously lists provenances, literature and exhibitions.”
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