Thaumaturgy

//ˈθɔːmətɜːd͡ʒi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers wordnet
  3. 3
    any art that invokes supernatural powers wordnet

Etymology

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

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