MEANING
The working of miracles or supernatural wonders.
Use it for
miracle-workers; scholarly magic; contested supernatural achievementsLet a learned narrator distinguish wonders from ordinary craft.
Words that belong together
- practice thaumaturgy
- feats of thaumaturgy
- school of thaumaturgy
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The abbess called it mercy, while the scholars called it thaumaturgy.
His treatise on thaumaturgy contained more warnings than instructions.
No amount of thaumaturgy could persuade the child to forgive him.
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Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Rare, learned word for wonder-working; not necessarily a rigid academic discipline or a combat-magic category. Mass noun in this sense; no ordinary plural.
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