thaumaturgy

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈθɔːmətɜːd͡ʒi/
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/ˈθɔːmətɜːd͡ʒi/ · /ˈθɔməˌtɝd͡ʒi/ (US)

Definition of thaumaturgy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry.
    “On all subjects known to man, from the Thirty-nine Articles of our English Church, down to pyrotechnics, legerdemain, magic, both black and white, thaumaturgy, and necromancy, he favoured the world (which world was the nursery where I lived amongst my sisters) with his select opinions.”
    “There were astonishing changes. The small hours found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay careering across the chilly market square under the still moon, in a sort of ecstasy of thaumaturgy, Mr. Maydig all flap and gesture, Mr. Fotheringay short and bristling, and no longer abashed at his greatness”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαυματουργία (thaumatourgía), from θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle, wonder”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

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