providential
pro·vi·den·tial
adjective
1.
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
- “a heaven-sent rain saved the crops”
- “a providential recovery”
2.
relating to or characteristic of providence
- “assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan” M.R.Cohen
3.
resulting from divine providence
- “providential care”
- “a providential visitation”
Origin
From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + English -al.
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