1
[ adjective ] not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material

Examples

"supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The chief experience is the sensing of communion , and in the higher religions , of a harmonious relationship with the supernatural power .

Finally , it gives sanctity , more than human legitimacy , and even , through super empirical reference , transcendent and supernatural importance to some values ; for_example , marriage as a sacrament , much law-breaking as sinful , occasionally the state as a divine instrument .

Religion has its own supernatural prescriptions that are at_the_same_time codes_of_behavior for the here_and_now .

2
[ noun ] supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

Synonyms

occult

Examples

"She doesn't believe in the supernatural"

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

Some of the earlier episodes have touches of the supernatural , as suited to the legendary background .

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