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Meaning of PROVIDENTIAL

Pronunciation:  `prâvi'denshul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"
  2. [adj]  resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
  3. [adj]  relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen
 
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 Synonyms: divine, fortunate, heavenly, heaven-sent, miraculous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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