Hypertext Webster Gateway: "providential"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Providential \Prov`i*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. providentiel.]
Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or
superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a
providential escape. -- {Prov"i*den"tial*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
providential
adj 1: peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine
intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a
providential recovery" [syn: {heaven-sent}, {miraculous}]
2: relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption
that nature operates only according to a providential
plan"- M.R.Cohen
3: resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a
providential visitation" [syn: {divine}]
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