Miracle

(mĭr'a-kl), n. [Fr. & Pr. miracle, O. Sp. miraclo, miraglo, N. Sp. milagro, Pg. milagre, It. miracolo, Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder.]

1. A wonder or wonderful thing.
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. “A man approved of God by miracles and signs.” Acts ii. 22.

They considered not the miracle of the loaves. Mark vi. 52. 3. A spectacle or dramatic representation exhibiting the lives of the saints. [Obs.] Chaucer.