miraculous

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  1. adjective Of the nature of a miracle; preternatural.
  2. adjective So astounding as to suggest a miracle; phenomenal: a miraculous recovery; a miraculous escape.
  3. adjective Able to work miracles.

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  • Of what we should now call the miraculous, or supernatural, communion between God and man in Paradise, we know historically but little. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
  • And hovering above it all (as John Shirley has noted) the sense that beneath “the fabric of the mundane world, the chatter of the media, the artifacts of history, is a secret realm of vibratory significance.” The sense that the miraculous is all about us The narrative centers about the search for a time machine invented by Albert Einstein, a device he recognized as far more dangerous than the bomb. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • It does seem to me that the bottom line here is that Creation needs to be miraculous, and that explanation undermines miracles. —  South Dakota Politics
  • What does NOT happen is miraculous, and we must see it as such. —  Aish Weekly Articles
  • Taking time to see and appreciate the miraculous is guaranteed to bring a smile to your soul and hope to your heart. —  Jemima's Journal
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  1. Middle English miraclous, from Old French miraculeux, from Medieval Latin mīrāculōsus, from Latin mīrāculum, miracle; see miracle.

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  1. from French miraculeux = Spanish milagroso = Portuguese milagroso, miraculoso = Italian miracoloso, from Middle Latin *miraculosus (in adverb miraculose), wonderful, from Latin miraculum, a wonder, miracle: see miracle.
 

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