thaumaturge

[thaw-muh-turj]

noun

a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.

Often thau·ma·tur·gist.

Origin of thaumaturge

First recorded in 1705–15; back formation from thaumaturgic

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Historical Examples of thaumaturgist

Rather than a philosopher, he was a priest, a thaumaturgist and magician.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)
Henry Osborn Taylor
Your best plan is to lay it all on the shoulders of Hananja, the thaumaturgist; we have owed him a grudge this many a day.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete
Georg Ebers
Circumstances seem to indicate that he became a thaumaturgist late in life and against his own inclinations.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.
Various
If you are childish and exhibit your saint as a worker of wonders, a thaumaturgist, I am repelled.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869
Various
Apparently they had been in some way concealed in the waistcoat of the thaumaturgist; but how did they get into the horn?
Acrobats and Mountebanks
Hugues Le Roux

British Dictionary definitions for thaumaturgist

thaumaturge

noun

rare a performer of miracles; magician

Derived Formsthaumaturgy, nounthaumaturgic, adjective

Word Origin for thaumaturge

C18: from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos miracle-working, from thaumato- + -ourgos working, from ergon work

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Word Origin and History for thaumaturgist

thaumaturge

1620s (implied in thaumaturgical), from Modern Latin, from Greek thaumatourgos "wonder-working, conjurer," from thauma (genitive thaumatos) "wonder, wonderous thing," literally "a thing to look at" (from root of theater) + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)).