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Hip Glossary: Miracle

Miracle:

Mir"a*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.]

1. A wonder or wonderful thing.

That miracle and queen of genus. Shak.

2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.

They considered not the miracle of the loaves. Mark vi. 52.

3. A miracle play.


4.
A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.]

When said was all this miracle. Chaucer.

Source:websters1913dictionary