Providential Definition

providential
adjective
  1. peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"
  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"

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