thaumaturgy

[thaw-muh-tur-jee]

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noun

the working of wonders or miracles; magic.

Origin of thaumaturgy

From the Greek word thaumatourgía, dating back to 1720–30. See thaumato-, -urgy

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Related Words for thaumaturgy

necromancy, foreboding, augury, prediction, incantation, prophecy, astrology, theurgy, trickery, witchcraft, divination, fascination, alchemy, allurement, presage, illusion, abracadabra, power, enchantment, spell

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Historical Examples of thaumaturgy

It was the final triumph of Professor Vanlief's thaumaturgy.
The Imitator
Percival Pollard
Arnobius and the fathers of the fourth century generally believed in the Apollonian thaumaturgy and attributed it to magic.
Demonology and Devil-lore
Moncure Daniel Conway
Up went my startled eyes as if at some trick of thaumaturgy, some imposition on my credulity.
A Case in Camera
Oliver Onions
Leam's imagination could not compass the thaumaturgy tried to be inculcated.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876
Various
Thaumaturgy, thaw′ma-tur-ji, n. the art of working wonders or miracles.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various

Word Origin and History for thaumaturgy

n.

1727, from Greek thaumatourgia, from thaumatourgos (see thaumaturge).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper