Supernatural
Supernatural , adjective
[Prefix super- + natural: compare Old French supernaturel, French surnaturel.]
Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
That is supernatural, whether it be, that is either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect in nature, from without the chain.
We must not view creation as supernatural, but we do look upon it as miraculous.
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The supernatural , whatever is above and beyond the scope, or the established course, of the laws of nature. Nature and the supernatural.