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Definition of Heaven-sent
1. Adjective. Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention. "A providential recovery"
Definition of Heaven-sent
1. Adjective. fortunate, appropriate or providential, as if ordained by God ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heaven-sent
Literary usage of Heaven-sent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"I spoke—a word of kindness cheers The heavy heart, and heaven-sent tears Refresh
the eye dry sorrow sears. " Ah ! sir, my boy ! my brave, bright boy 1' In ..."
2. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, d. 1904 (1904)
"A similar tax. known as Chimney Money, had been levied as early as the Norman
Conquest. heaven-sent Minister. A sobriquet of the younger Pitt. ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... With earnest pace the heaven-sent friend attends: Now down the river's sweepy
stream they glide, And now their pinnace cuts the briny tide: The Moor, ..."
4. The Gospels: With Moral Reflections on Each Verse by Pasquier Quesnel (1855)
"... to preserve this people alive for some time, but born in heaven, sent down to
men by the incarnation, ever living and giving life, continually infusing ..."
5. A Modern Pilgrim's Progress by Henry Sebastian Bowden, Robert Hugh Benson (1906)
"CHAPTER XXIII A heaven-sent GUIDE IT was on the feast of St. Catherine that I
went to the Church of St. Augustine. Vespers were ended ; in the pulpit stood ..."
6. Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and by Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"No wise man will fall in love, nor believe that Eros is heaven-sent. Nor will he
be a good orator. At times a sage will marry and beget children; at times, ..."
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