theurge
theurge noun: one who works miracles, or persuades a god or spirit to perform a supernatural work.
Noun
theurge (plural theurges)
- One who works miracles, or persuades a god or spirit to perform a supernatural work.
- He acknowledged Christ to be a most excellent man, the friend of God, the admirable theurge; he denied, however, that Jesus designed to abolish entirely the worship of demons...1803, Johann Lorenz Mosheim, translated by Archibald Maclaine, An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, page 174
- The father was known simply as a philosopher, the son as a theurge...1995, Brian P. Copenhaver, Trismegistus Hermes, Hermetica, Cambdridge: University Press, page xxv
- Synonyms:
- theurgist
Synonyms of theurge
Forms of theurge
| plural | theurges |
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Questions about theurge
- What does theurge mean?
- Theurge means one who works miracles, or persuades a god or spirit to perform a supernatural work.
- What part of speech is theurge?
- Theurge is a noun.
- What is the plural of theurge?
- The plural of theurge is theurges.
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