divine intervention

== English == === Noun === divine intervention (usually uncountable, plural divine interventions) (set phrase) A direct and obvious intervention by a god in the affairs of a human. 1851, James McCosh, The Method of Divine Government, Physical and Moral, New York: Robert Carter & Bros., p. 479 (Google preview): 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. (figurative) An unexpected fortunate turn of events; a miracle. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====