providential
has definitions from the field of religion
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[ adjective ] (religion) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
Synonyms 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 |
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[ adjective ] relating to or characteristic of providence
Examples "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen Related terms |
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