thaumaturge
- noun
- /ˈθɔːməˌtɜrdʒ/
- Literature
- As a renowned thaumaturge, she was known for her ability to perform miraculous feats that left people in awe.
- said the thaumaturge
- become a thaumaturge
- the thaumaturge gave
Examples
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The Georgian thaumaturge was still preparing the stage.
Academic text (1991) -
Apparently, he said it had been touched by St. Gregory Thaumaturge, the Miracle-Worker; he had put his power into it.
Fiction book (1994) -
Relying on the placebo effect of the cures that he works with his talisman-fetishes, the thaumaturge depends for success on his subject's complicity in his victimization.
Academic text (1991) -
The famous thaumaturge amazed the audience with his incredible illusion of levitation.
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Every year, the village held a festival to celebrate the local thaumaturge who brought good fortune with his magic.
Synonyms
A person who uses magic to do powerful or strange things
A person who does tricks that look like magic or who people think has real powers
A person who uses magic to make things happen
A person people believe causes amazing events like healings that others cannot explain
A person who claims to have magic powers to help or harm people
A person who does magic or seems to cause miracles
A person who uses magic to change things
How Magical
- Literature
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word thaumaturge comes from Greek parts thauma 'wonder' and -turge 'worker'. So a thaumaturge is a 'worker of wonders', a person who performs magic or miracles.