資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
{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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
miracle play
n : a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a
saint or martyr