supernaturality
Americannoun
PLURAL
supernaturalities-
the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
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a supernatural thing, act, or occurrence.
Etymology
Origin of supernaturality
First recorded in 1630–40; supernatural + -ity
Example Sentences
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The papacy, and the Catholic visible form of the Church mediated by it, is, in our opinion, the necessary consequence of the supernaturality of her being.
From Project Gutenberg
A man who is not a hopelessly bad critic, though he may not have in him the catholicon of critical goodness, may fail to appreciate La Morte Amoureuse because of its dreaminess and supernaturality and all-for-loveness; Carmen because Carmen shocks him; La Venus d'Ille because of its macabre tone; Les Jeune-France because of their goguenarderie or goguenardise.
From Project Gutenberg
The proper function of 'Supernaturality or Wonder,' according to Phrenologists, is to create a belief in the reality of supernatural beings, and begets fondness for news, particularly if extravagant.
From Project Gutenberg
The proper function of 'Supernaturality or Wonder,' according to Phrenologists, is to create belief in the reality of supernatural beings, and begets fondness for news, particularly if extravagant.
From Project Gutenberg
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