Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thaumaturge or thaumaturgist: used especially as a title of Gregory Thaumaturgus (bishop of Nescæsarea in Pontus in the third century), from the numerous and wonderful miracles ascribed to him.
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- noun A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.
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- noun A
miracle worker .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And the thaumaturgus, who was supposed to be the heir of the archaic priests, assumed a wholly sacerdotal appearance at Rome.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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The greatest thaumaturgus that ever appeared in this world could not work miracles at will, neither had he any permanent gift of the kind abiding in his soul.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Christians, Jews, and Moslems were all lost in admiration of the thaumaturgus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In the capital of the empire the Taoist priesthood includes: two Tao-lu-sze, superiors, a title corresponding with that of the Buddhists, seng-lu-sze; two Cheng-i, Taoists of right simplicity; two Yen-fa, ritual Taoists; two Che-ling, Taoists of great excellence, thaumaturgus; and two Che-i, Taoists of great probity, an inferior class of priests.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Another bishop, St. Leo II, was known as a wonder-worker (thaumaturgus).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Through his father he was related to the illustrious St. Vincent Ferrer, the great thaumaturgus of the Dominican Order.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The first work of Gregory was an account in four books of the miracles of St. Martin, the famous thaumaturgus of Gaul.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The twenty-two chapters of this second part have a marked unity; they might be entitled _Francis a prophet_, but not _Francis a thaumaturgus_.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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Maria Enriquez de Cespedes, through the devotion that they bore to our institute and to the holy neo-thaumaturgus Nicolàs de Tolentino (at whose intercession a son was born to him, who died shortly afterward, the same lady having petitioned our glorious father to negotiate with God so that that son might not live if he were to grow up bad and a sinner), assumed the patronage of the church and convent.
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Many circumstances, moreover, seem to indicate that Jesus only became a thaumaturgus late in life and against his inclination.
The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863
qms commented on the word thaumaturgus
When sense with the silly converges
A fresh understanding emerges.
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The secular thaumaturgus.
February 23, 2015