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  • 1Providential — 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2providential — adjective Date: 1648 1. of, relating to, or determined by Providence 2. archaic marked by foresight ; prudent 3. occurring by or as if by an intervention of Providence < a providential escape > Synonyms: see lucky • providentially adverb …

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  • 3providential — [[t]prɒ̱vɪde̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED A providential event is lucky because it happens at exactly the right time. [FORMAL] He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth... The pistols were loaded so our&#8230; …

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  • 4Providentially — Providential 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5lucky — lucky,[/p] fortunate, happy, providential all mean meeting with or producing a favorable outcome or an unforeseen or unpredictable success. Lucky implies that the person or persons involved have been favored by chance and that the success has not …

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  • 6General revelation — is a theological term which refers to a universal aspect of God, of God s knowledge and of spiritual matters, discovered through natural means, such as observation of nature (the physical universe), philosophy and reasoning, human conscience or&#8230; …

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  • 7William Cooley — New River Massacre Born 1783 State of Maryland Died 1863 (aged&#160;79–80) Hillsborough County …

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  • 8HMS Defender (1911) — HMS Defender was an Acheron class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was built at William Denny Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland for £83,000 [ D K Brown The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906 1922 . Caxton Editions 2004. ISBN 1 84067&#8230; …

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  • 9Gamaliel Smethurst — Naissance 16&#160;avril&#160;1738 Marblehead, Massachusetts Décès 1826 (à 88 ans) Londres Nationalité britannique Profession marchand, écrivain, politicien …

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  • 10Henry Purcell — (IPAEng|ˈpɜrsəl; [Wells] 10 September 1659 (?) [Grove] – 21 November 1695, was an English Baroque composer. He has often been called England s finest native composer.Fact|date=March 2008 Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements&#8230; …

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