different between thaumaturgy vs thaumaturgic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????m?t??d?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???m??t??d?i/

Noun

thaumaturgy (countable and uncountable, plural thaumaturgies)

1. The working of miracles.
   • 1898, H. G. Wells, The Man Who Could Work Miracles

     There were astonishing changes. The small hours found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay careering across the chilly market square under the still moon, in a sort of ecstasy of thaumaturgy, Mr. Maydig all flap and gesture, Mr. Fotheringay short and bristling, and no longer abashed at his greatness

2. Magic; witchcraft; wizardry.

Related terms

• thaumatology
• thaumaturge
• thaumaturgic
• thaumaturgical
• thaumavore

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See also

• sorcery
• wizardry

English

Adjective

thaumaturgic (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, the working of magic or performance of miracles.

   Lastly, powerfullest of all, least recognized of all, a Noblesse of Literature; without steel on their thigh, without gold in their purse, but with the "grand thaumaturgic faculty of Thought" in their head.

   --Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, a History

Related terms

• thaumaturge
• thaumaturgy

Translations