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supranatural, a. (n.) rare.|s(j)uːprəˈnætjʊərəl, -tʃərəl|
[See supra- 4 a and natural a. Cf. F. supranaturalisme, -iste.]
= supernatural.
1857P. Freeman Princ. Div. Serv. II. 32 To express..their..conceptions of the divine and supranatural element in the subject. 1874J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 125/1 A mechanical Deity that is only so far supra-natural as that Infinite Substance must always stand in antagonism with the finite. 1908Hibbert Jrnl. July 808 We measure the change from the standpoint of the supranatural.
So supraˈnaturalism, supraˈnaturalist, ˌsupraˌnaturaˈlistic a., ˈsupra-ˌnature (= supernaturalism, etc.).
1828–32Webster (citing Murdock), Supranaturalism. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Supranaturalists, a name given of late years to the middle party among the divines of Germany, to distinguish them from the Rationalists,..and from the Evangelical party. 1846Geo. Eliot tr. Strauss' Life Jesus Introd. §11. I. 46 Those theologians..who think to unite both parties by this middle course—a vain endeavour which the rigid supranaturalist pronounces heretical, and the rationalist derides. 1846Worcester (citing P. Cyc.), Supra⁓naturalistic. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. xiii. i. 250 They sought..for a sign; and in their credulous incredulity, grew greedy of every supranaturalism except the scriptural. 1866Chambers' Encycl. VIII. 120/2 The struggle between Rationalism and Supranaturalism. 1890J. F. Smith tr. Pfleiderer's Developm. Theol. ii. ii. 122 The difficulties of the supranaturalistic theology. 1908Hibbert Jrnl. July 808 It is increased knowledge of nature which has made supra-nature incredible. |