(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:19:31

Prov`i*den"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. providentiel.]

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

-- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.

 

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