thaumaturgic
Americanadjective
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pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
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having the powers of a thaumaturge.
Etymology
Origin of thaumaturgic
1560–70; < New Latin thaumatūrgicus, equivalent to thaumatūrg ( us ) wonder worker (< Greek thaumatourgós, equivalent to thaumat- thaumato- + -ourgos; see -urgy, -ous) + -icus -ic
Example Sentences
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There are no levels, but there is a more natural progression system based on skills and thaumaturgic powers.
From Forbes • Nov. 8, 2012
Like prosperous Mrs. McPherson the stripling girl has the knack of exciting Pentecostal frenzies from her auditors, of throwing them into thaumaturgic fits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men & women came to hear Doreal talk of "onement with the universal mind" or "full illumination," and to be bound together by the "thaumaturgic power that was exercised by Christ and his disciples."
From Time Magazine Archive
We do not wonder that in these translating thaumaturgic exploits God and Devil get mistaken for each other.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
Lastly, powerfulest of all, least recognised of all, a Noblesse of Literature; without steel on their thigh, without gold in their purse, but with the 'grand thaumaturgic faculty of Thought' in their head.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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