thaumaturgy

3 definitions found

thaumaturgy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  thaumaturgy \thau"ma*tur`gy\ (th[add]`m[.a]*t[^u]r"j[y^]), n.
     [Gr. qaymatourgi`a.]
     The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic;
     legerdemain. --T. Warton.
     [1913 Webster]

thaumaturgy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  thaumaturgy
      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]

thaumaturgy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "thaumaturgy":
     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