Bible Dictionaries
Contrivance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.

(2):

(n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contrivance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contrivance.html. 1828.