Definitions for providential
Overview of adj providential
The adj providential has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) heaven-sent, providential, miraculous
(peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery")
2. providential
(relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen)
3. providential, divine
(resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation")
