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thaumaturgy definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any art that invokes supernatural powers [syn: magic, thaumaturgy]
2: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1727 the performance of miracles; specifically magic

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thaumaturgy Thau"ma*tur`gy, n. [Gr. ?.] The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. --T. Warton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, theurgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic, occult art.

Moby Thesaurus

alchemy, bewitchery, bewitchment, charm, divination, enchantment, fetishism, glamour, gramarye, hoodoo, incantation, juju, jujuism, magic, natural magic, necromancy, obeah, rune, shamanism, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sympathetic magic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, theurgy, vampirism, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry