Providential Definition

prŏvĭ-dĕnshəl
adjective
Of, by, or as if decreed by divine providence.
Webster's New World
Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune.
American Heritage
The definition of providential is to seem to come from a divine power.
An example of something providential is choosing the right horse when betting your last $20 at a racetrack; providential bet.
An example of something providential is circumstances leading you to buy your first house when everything seemed to be going against you; providential purchase.
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Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence; lucky. [from 18th c.]

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Origin of Providential

  • From Latin prōvidentia (“providence") +"Ž -al.

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Providential Sentence Examples

  • The supernatural element that is prominent in the Old Testament is God's providential guidance and guardianship of His people, and His teaching and training of them by His prophets.

  • Ritschl, again, claims that neglected elements of Christianity were striving for utterance, particularly a serious belief in God as Father and in His providential care.

  • Here, indeed, it must have seemed especially providential.

  • This view seems logically to involve Ritschl's belief, that it is not the light of reason but the revelation of Christ which warrants the assertion of God's fatherly providential goodness.

  • Proponents of machinofacture reckoned that the factory system was evidently a consequence of intelligent reason and thus providential and virtuous.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

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LALIAL

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Words Starting With P and Ending With L

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