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theurgic, a. (n.)|θiːˈɜːdʒɪk|
[ad. L. theurgicus, a. Gr. θεουργικός magical: see theurgy and -ic. So F. théurgique (14th c.).]
Of or pertaining to theurgy.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God x. ix. 371 Certaine Theurgike consecrations called Teletae. 1718F. Hutchinson Witchcraft 35 A Golden Image of Jupiter, prepared by the Theurgic Art. 1834[see goetic A.]. 1861― Str. Story (1862) I. 313 Every secret..which the nobler, or theurgic, magic seeks to fathom. 1895Farrar Gathering Clouds ii. 38 Whatever skill..of medicine he possessed, he eked it out with theurgic pretences.
†B. n. A theurgist. Obs. rare.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God x. xvi. (1620) 362 Let the Platonists, Theurgiques (or rather Periurgikes..) or any other Philosophers answer. Ibid. 395 They whom the malicious Theurgike bound from purging the soule of the good one. |