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Definition of Miraculous food
1. Noun. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Category relationships: Old Testament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miraculous Food
Literary usage of Miraculous food
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel by Henri Frédéric Amiel (1893)
"On the other hand, beauty restores and fortifies me like some miraculous food,
like Olympian ambrosia. ' Qnc le bon soit toujours ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"Do not the gods themselves, though surrounded by all kinds "of miraculous food
and drink, need the sacrifices of man ? From such beliefs arise the many ..."
3. Celtic Mythology by John Arnott MacCulloch, Jan Máchal, Louis Herbert Gray (1918)
"... and while the Grail has magic properties, we should remember that miraculous
food-producing and healing of the sick were works of our Lord, ..."
4. Egyptian [mythology] by Wilhelm Max Müller, James George Scott (1918)
"clad in fine linen and eating especially grapes and figs "from the divine garden," "
bread from the granary of the deities, or even more miraculous food, ..."
5. A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture for the Use of Those who Teach by Friedrich Justus Knecht (1910)
"Effects of Holy Communion 534; prefigured by the paschal lamb 144; the Manna 151;
by the miraculous food of Elias 284; by the virtue. that went out of our ..."
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