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Webster 1913 Edition
Miracle
1.
A wonder or wonderful thing.
That
miracle
and queen of genus. Shakespeare
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
,Verb.
T.
To make wonderful.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miracle
MIR'ACLE
,Noun.
1.
Literally, a wonder or wonderful thing; but appropriately,2.
In theology, 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. Miracles can be wrought only by Almighty power, as when Christ healed lepers, saying, 'I will, be thou clean,' or calmed the tempest, 'Peace, be still.' They considered not the miracle of the loaves. Mark 6.
A man approved of God by miracles and signs. Acts.2.
3.
Anciently, a spectacle or dramatic representation exhibiting the lives of the saints.MIR'ACLE
,Verb.
T.