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thaumaturge|ˈθɔːmətɜːdʒ| Also 8–9 -turg |-tɜːg|. [ad. med.L. thaumatūrg-us, ad. Gr. θαυµατουργός wonder-working, a conjurer, f. θαυµατ- wonder + -εργος working; in form -urge, conformed to F. thaumaturge (1663 in Hatz.-Darm.).] A worker of marvels or miracles; a wonder-worker.
1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 125 Petavius..attainted..Origen's wonder-working Scholar Gregory the Thaumaturg, with Præarianisme. 1760Wesley Jrnl. 20 Dec., You throw out a hard word,..Thaumaturg. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 479 The Thaumaturge..knelt before the Image to intercede for them. 1860Sat. Rev. X. 269/2 The half-maudlin, half-cheating thaumaturg. 1881Athenæum 12 Mar. 363/2 Pious mythologists have made out that she [St. Frideswide] was a thaumaturge of the first order. |