mirabilia

[ mee-rah-bil-i-ah; English mir-uh-bil-ee-uh ]

/ ˌmi rɑˈbɪl ɪˌɑ; English ˌmɪr əˈbɪl i ə /

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plural noun Latin.

marvels; miracles.

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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”

Words nearby mirabilia

Mira, Mirabeau, Mirabel, mirabelle, mirabile dictu, mirabilia, mirabilite, Mira Ceti, miracidium, miracle, miracle drug

How to use mirabilia in a sentence

That that is to be so soon, and under circumstances so joyful, are among the mirabilia of this changing world.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
The “Mirabilia” might be the running title for a whole system of geography.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli
There was an admirable little guide-book published in the twelfth century called "Mirabilia Urbis Rom."
Humanly Speaking|Samuel McChord Crothers
In both, retia mirabilia are developed in the tail (in spite of its reduction in the Sloths) and in the limbs.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

Some of the internal arteries of Whales break up into retia mirabilia.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard