Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
thaumaturge .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge.
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- noun A
performer ofmiracles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
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Examples
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They are there to protect the rule of law itself, and thus protect all of us, from tyranny. thaumaturgist says:
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May 5th, 2006 at 8:42 am thaumaturgist 40, FIGMO is also another military term for short-timers: âFâk it, got my orders.â
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Mr. Maydig started violently at the change, and stood looking from the thaumaturgist to the bowl of flowers.
The Man Who Could Work Miracles Herbert George 2003
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But the Lady Beata was no thaumaturgist; only a loving woman, standing where science had failed, translating another's desperate need from her own depths of sympathy -- arresting the oncoming shadow because of her faith and her great love.
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull
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Solomon is therefore represented as a thaumaturgist, and while not a single example is given of the proverbs ascribed to him, his exploits as a miracle-monger are extolled.
Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927
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With Manuel they were particularly high and mighty, assuring him that he was only a prosperous and affected pseudo-magician, and that the harm done by the self-styled thaumaturgist was apt to be very great indeed.
Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918
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He armed, and girded himself with Caliburn, drank a couple of bottles of wine, put on the shirt of Nessus over all, and then went to seek this thaumaturgist.
Jurgen A Comedy of Justice James Branch Cabell 1918
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Solomon is therefore represented as a thaumaturgist, and while not a single example is given of the proverbs ascribed to him, his exploits as a miracle-monger are extolled.
Josephus Bentwich, Norman 1914
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The fame of St. Anthony's miracles has never diminished, and even at the present day he is acknowledged as the greatest thaumaturgist of the times.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Then the Indian threw a rope about it, and twisted and looped the rope with manipulations like those of a professional thaumaturgist.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
garyth123 commented on the word thaumaturgist
miracle worker
December 5, 2008