Definition of: miracle

(mir′ə·kəl) noun
1. Any wonderful or amazing thing, fact, or event; a wonder.
2. An event in the natural world, but out of its established order, possible only by the intervention of divine power.
3. A medieval dramatic representation of religious subjects: also miracle play: see MYSTERY¹ (def. 10). See synonyms under PRODIGY. [<F <L miraculum <mirari wonder <mirus wonderful]