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单词 miraculist
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miraculistn.adj.

Brit. /mᵻˈrakjᵿlɪst/, U.S. /məˈrækjəlɪst/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mīrāculum , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin mīrāculum miracle n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier miraclist n.In quot. 1666 given at sense b in N.E.D. (1906) (corresponding to branch A.) miraculist was incorrectly printed for miraculous ; see quot. 1666 at miraculous adj. 3 for corrected reading.
A. n.
A believer in miracles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > working wonders or miracles > one who believes in miracles
miraculist1804
1804 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 2 200 It will be equally intelligible to the reasoner and the miraculist.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1394 Their biographers were miraculists.
1997 Skeptical Inquirer Jan. 9/2 Obvious evidence of paint throughout the image areas has prompted miraculists to claim the paint was added later.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by belief in miracles.
ΚΠ
1975 S. Timpanaro On Materialism 188 It is one thing to deny the miraculist conception of a particular, another to deny the legitimacy of a scientific interest in the particular.
1993 Representations No. 41. 34 The references to the sacrament of the Eucharist, which Bultmann chooses to understand as crudely miraculist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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