About The Word Miracle
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Miracle
Miracle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Miracle?
[n] a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of God
[n] any amazing or wonderful occurrence Synonyms | Synonyms for Miracle: Related Terms | Find terms related to Miracle: amazement | antimasque | astonishing thing | astonishment | audience success | ballet | bomb | broadcast drama | burlesque show | charade | cliff hanger | closet drama | comedy drama | critical success | curiosity | daytime serial | dialogue | documentary drama | drama | dramalogue | dramatic play | dramatic series | duodrama | duologue | enchantment | epic theater | exception | experimental theater | extravaganza | failure | fantasy | ferlie | flop | gasser | gazingstock | giveaway | Grand Guignol | happening | hit | hit show | improvisational drama | legitimate drama | marvel | marvelment | masque | melodrama | minstrel show | miracle play | monodrama | monologue | morality | morality play | music drama | musical revue | mystery | mystery play | nonesuch | opera | pageant | panel show | pantomime | Passion play | pastoral | pastoral drama | phenomenon | piece | play | playlet | portent | problem play | prodigy | psychodrama | quite a thing | quiz show | radio drama | rarity | review | revue | sensation | sensational play | serial | show | sight | sign | sitcom | situation comedy | sketch | skit | soap | soap opera | sociodrama | something else | spectacle | stage play | stage show | straight drama | stunner | success | suspense drama | tableau | tableau vivant | talk show | teleplay | television drama | television play | theater of cruelty | Tom show | total theater | variety show | vaudeville | vaudeville show | vehicle | wonder | wonderful thing | wonderment | wonderwork | word-of-mouth success | work See Also | Ascension | Ascension of Christ | Assumption | event | happening | natural event | occurrence | Transfiguration Miracle In Webster's Dictionary \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.
{Miracle monger}, an impostor who pretends to work miracles.
{Miracle play}, one of the old dramatic entertainments
founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d
{Mystery}, 2) on events related in the Bible.
\Mir"a*cle\, v. t. To make wonderful. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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