1874 T. Chalmers Lect. Epist. Paul to Romans xciv. 483 But it is not against all pronoia, all respect to things future, even though the futurities of this life, that the Bible warns us.

1879 Princeton Rev. July–Dec. 407 To a reverent mind like Virgil's..it may well have been that these multifarious relics of a fading polytheism expressed only the various functions, attributes, or agencies through which worked the Supreme Will, that one Pronoia in which his deeper mind really believed.

1950 J. Katz Plotinus' Search for Good iii. 34 The Stoic pronoia and the Christian God show a good deal of resemblance, since both derive the origin of the world's order from an intelligence conceived in more or less personal terms.

1999 M. J. Hollerich Eusebius of Caesarea's Comm. Isaiah v. ii. 138 Everything that happened to Israel is the work of the one who alone is God;..hence Eusebius' repeated references to the divine pronoia in this section.

1953 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 13 418 A pronoia was granted to an individual for a specific number of years, usually his lifetime, in return for military or other services rendered or to be rendered.

1973 Amer. Hist. Rev. 78 876 The transfer of imperial authority over peasants to the recipients of pronoiai had important social implications.

1995 I. Heath Byzantine Armies (2000) 11/2 John Kantakouzenos (later Emperor John VI) instigated some reforms during the 1330s, managing for a while to enforce the obligatory service of pronoia-holders.

1982 F. H. Goldner in Social Probl. 30 82 Pronoia is the positive counterpart of paranoia. It is the delusion that others think well of one. Actions and the products of one's efforts are thought to be well received and praised by others. Mere acquaintances are thought to be close friends.

1984 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 23 May If you think you're indispensable to your boss, adored by your colleagues and brilliant at your job—think again. You may be suffering from pronoia.

1994 Independent on Sunday 24 July (Review Suppl.) 12/2 It is hard not to share their complacency. With so much pronoia going round, something is bound to turn up.

1999 R. Walsh Essent. Spirituality xxiv. 200 With pronoia we see the love and kindness within us mirrored by the people around us, who seem eager to help in whatever ways they can.