Definitions for providential
ˌprɒv ɪˈdɛn ʃəlprov·i·den·tial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. heaven-sent, providential, miraculousadjective

   peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

   "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"

2. providentialadjective

   relating to or characteristic of providence

   "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen

3. providential, divineadjective

   resulting from divine providence

   "providential care"; "a providential visitation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. providentialadjective

   Fortunate as if occurring as a gift from a deity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Providentialadjective

   Effected by providence; referrible to providence.

   Etymology: from providence.

   What a confusion would it bring upon mankind, if those, unsatisfied with the providential distribution of heats and colds, might take the government into their own hands. Roger L'Estrange.

   The lilies grow, and the ravens are fed, according to the course of nature, and yet they are made arguments of providence, nor are these things less providential, because regular. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   The scorched earth, were it not for this remarkably providential contrivance of things, would have been uninhabitable. John Woodward.

   This thin, this soft contexture of the air,
   Shows the wise author’s providential care. Richard Blackmore.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Providential

   Providential (February 6, 1977 – May 1998) was an Irish-born Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in France and won the most important race on turf in the United States. Bred and raced by Bertram R. Firestone, he was sired by Run the Gantlet, the 1971 American Champion Male Turf Horse and a son of Tom Rolfe, the 1965 Preakness Stakes winner and American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. His dam was Prudent Girl, a daughter of Primera who raced in England where he won back-to-back editions of the Princess of Wales's Stakes in 1959–1960. Trained by François Boutin, Providential made two starts at age two. After making a winning debut on October 29, 1979, at Saint-Cloud Racecourse, he came back on November 11 to win the Group 2 Critérium de Saint-Cloud. In January 1980, Providential was sold to Serge Fradkoff, a Swiss businessman who also campaigned Perrault and Kilijaro in France and the United States. In his first start for his new owner on April 13, 1980, Providential won the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris. On the same racecourse, the colt ran second in the Prix Hocquart and third in France's most important race for three-year-old colts, the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club. Fradkoff then entrusted the horse's race conditioning to Olivier Douieb who saddled him to three unsuccessful starts in France, a third-place finish in the Premio Roma at Capannelle Racecourse in Rome, Italy, and twentieth place in a Group 1 race at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Argentina. In 1981, Serge Fradkoff sent Providential to the care of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham at Santa Anita Park in California. In the US the horse was raced as Providential II. For Whittingham, Providential finished second in his October debut and then second in the Grade II Carleton F. Burke Handicap. Ridden by French jockey Alain Lequeux, in November Providential won the most important race of his career against an international field in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland over April Run. Returning to California, he won the inaugural running of the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack over John Henry who was fourth. Raced in 1982 once, on dirt, he was 5th in the Santa Anita H. Providential was retired to stud. His offspring met with limited success in racing. Providential died of a heart attack at age twenty-one in May 1998 at Derby Hill Farm in Mount Airy, Maryland.

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1. providential

   Providential refers to something that occurs due to divine intervention or God's foresight. It's often associated with events that appear to happen at a fortunate time or those that seem to have beneficial results. The term also implies a belief in divine guidance or care.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Providentialadjective

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

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. providentiel.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of providential in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of providential in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of providential in a Sentence

1. Ted Cruz:

   From the dawn of this country, at every stage, America has enjoyed God's providential blessing, over and over again, when we faced impossible odds, the American people rose to the challenge. You know, compared to that, repealing Obamacare and abolishing the IRS ain't all that tough.

2. Dante Jimenez:

   It's not only coincidental, but it's providential.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=providential
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Providential
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=providential
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providential
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/providential