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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: supernaturalis, from Latin natura 'nature'

supernatural

1 adjective
     
Related topics: Religion and Thought
su‧per‧nat‧u‧ral1
R impossible to explain by natural causes, and therefore seeming to involve the powers of gods or magic:
supernatural powers
—supernaturally adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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