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Providential

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to divine providence.

    "The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes."

  2. 2
    Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence.

    "“Why, Jane,” he cried, “what do you mean? What has our providential rescue to do with altering your feelings toward me? You are but unstrung—tomorrow you will be yourself again.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention wordnet
  2. 2
    resulting from divine providence wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or characteristic of providence wordnet

Etymology

From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + -al.

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