providential has definitions from the field of religion
1
[ adjective ] (religion) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

Examples

"a heaven-sent rain saved the crops" "a providential recovery"

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

Even death , therefore , has a providential as_well_as a punitive function .

Related terms

fortunate

2
[ adjective ] relating to or characteristic of providence

Examples

"assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen

Related terms

providence

3
[ adjective ] (religion) resulting from divine providence

Synonyms

divine

Examples

"providential care" "a providential visitation"

Related terms

heavenly

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