mirabilia

American  

[mee-rah-bil-i-ah, mir-uh-bil-ee-uh] / ˌmi rɑˈbɪl ɪˌɑ, ˌmɪr əˈbɪl i ə /

plural noun

Latin.

1. marvels; miracles.

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Etymology

Origin of mirabilia

First recorded in 1820–25; from Latin mīrābilia, a noun use of the neuter plural of the adjective mīrābilis “wonderful, marvelous, remarkable, singular”

Example Sentences

During a dissection, Wegner noticed that the gills were sporting the same kind of blue and red blood vessels, called retia mirabilia, that tuna and sharks use to heat parts of their bodies.

From The Verge

Babatunde’s story, “Bombay’s Republic” first appeared in the Mirabilia Review, a Lagos-based journal, and is about a Nigerian soldier fighting in Burma during World War II.

From Salon

Another old writer, Schott, in a rare and curious work, entitled “Mirabilia Mechanica,” offers several schemes for submarine vessels, and gives a drawing of one with a paddle-wheel as the propelling power.

From Project Gutenberg

At the time when the Mirabilia Rom� were published, that is, about the thirteenth century, these statues were believed to represent the young philosophers, Praxiteles and Phidias, who came to Rome during the reign of Tiberius, and promised to tell him his most secret words and actions provided he would honour them with a monument.

From Project Gutenberg

According to the text of the Mirabilia, as given by Montfaucon in his Diarium Italicum, this figure represented the Church.

From Project Gutenberg