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What does providential mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to divine providence. [from 17th c.]
  2. Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence; lucky. [from 18th c.]
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That was to prove providential to a generation of orphans in post-war Japan.
Buena Vista Social Club's nomination last year was welcomed as a sign of providential change in the academy.
A high-voltage wire snapped and fell on the busy road on Monday afternoon, and pedestrians and motorists had a providential escape.
He is very sensitive to the modulations of belief and theology underlying these manifestations of providential meaning.
In such a context, the inclusion of many Germans in the garrison of regular troops at the time may be considered to have been providential.
That's what I think Americans can do with this providential period of prosperity and peace.

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