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Adjective: providential  ,pró-vi'den-shul
  1. Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
    "a providential recovery";
    - heaven-sent, miraculous
     
  2. Resulting from divine providence
    "a providential visitation"; "providential care";
    - divine
     
  3. Relating to or characteristic of providence
    "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"

See also: fortunate, heavenly

Encyclopedia: Providential