PROVIDENTIAL

providential, heaven-sent, miraculous

(adjective) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; “a heaven-sent rain saved the crops”; “a providential recovery”

providential, divine

(adjective) resulting from divine providence; “providential care”; “a providential visitation”

providential

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of providence; “assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan”- M.R.Cohen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

providential (comparative more providential, superlative most providential)

Pertaining to divine providence. [from 17th c.]

Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms: heaven-sent, fortunate, lucky, serendipitous

Source: Wiktionary


Prov`i*den"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. providentiel.]

Definition: Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.

– Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 September 2024

PROSODIC

(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


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