D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Providential

/prävˌ-əd-ĕn'-shəl/ · Prov·i·den·tial · IPA /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/
01 a. Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.
  1. 1.
    Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.