thaumaturge
noun
a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
thaumaturgist
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a variation of
thaumaturge.
Example Sentences
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On the whole, a great deal of experience is needed by the thaumaturgist, if he is to distinguish between one kind of manifestation and another.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
In the British Museum there is an Egyptian papyrus, which contains an account of a magical seance given by a thaumaturgist named Tchatcha-em-ankh before King Khufu, b.c.,
From Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Ellis Stanton
In fact, he is a thaumaturgist of the first order.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
The doctor who attended him—a very scientific man—informed me that the bullet entered the parallelogram of his diaphragmatic thorax, superinducing hemorrhage in the outer cuticle of his basilicon thaumaturgist.
From Initial Studies in American Letters by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Now, if that be the case, the genesis of a jar, a body, or the like, upon the mere volition of the thaumaturgist, would be hardly possible.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
