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ˌsupernatuˈrality
[f. supernatural + -ity.]
1. The quality of being supernatural; supernaturalness.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §74. 381 If these be certain grounds of supernaturality, our faith may have it as well as yours. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 75 That Supernaturalitie is a Mode..included in al virtuose Habits..because human Nature,..as now corrupted, cannot reach an end or act supernatural. 1866Elgin & Guide to Cath. 28 The element of wonder or supernaturality.
2. Something that is supernatural; a supernatural object, occurrence, etc.
1665J. Sergeant Sure Footing 81, I wonder what else is Supernaturality but this which he miscalls Nature. 1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 665 A catasetum, full of supernaturalities, startled us. a1856H. Miller Rambles Geol. vi. (1858) 322 A meal-mill..once known as the scene of one of those supernaturalities that belong to the times of the witch and the fairy. |