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divine intervention

noun

Definitions

  1. A direct and obvious intervention by a god in the affairs of a human.

    • Nature cannot tell beforehand how a Divine intervention is to accomplish its object, for that intervention must be beyond nature, beyond all its findings and experience.
    • And indeed if he does escape it will seem a miracle, and almost a divine intervention, not only to the pursued but to the pursuers.
    • Unlike some of the more colorful faith healers of the past, Dr. Krieger does not claim miraculous cures or divine interventions.

  2. An unexpected fortunate turn of events

    An unexpected fortunate turn of events; a miracle.

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No curated loop yet for divine intervention. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA