Mira
(||Mi"ra) n. [NL., from L. mirus wonderful.] (Astron.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation
Cetus
Mirabilary
(Mi*rab"i*la*ry) n.; pl. Mirabilaries One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one
who writes of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon.
Mirabilis
(||Mi*rab"i*lis) n. [L., wonderful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Four- o'clock.
Mirabilite
(Mi*rab"i*lite) n. (Min.) Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.
Mirable
(Mi"ra*ble) a. [L. mirabilis, fr. mirari to wonder: cf. OF. mirable. See Marvel.] Wonderful; admirable.
[Obs.] Shak.
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.
Miracle
(Mir"a*cle), v. t. To make wonderful. [Obs.] Shak.
