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theurgy

/ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/US/ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/

theurgy noun: a form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.

Noun

theurgy (countable and uncountable, plural theurgies)

  1. A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
    • And from this he concludes that theurgy is a craft which accomplishes not only good but evil among gods and men; and that the gods also have passions, and are perturbed and agitated by the emotions which Apuleius attributed to demons and men, but from which he preserved the gods by that sublimity...1871, Augustine of Hippo, translated by Marcus Dods, The City of God, Book X, Chapter 9
    • This, again, in our popular theurgy, is materialised into the First person of the Trinity approving the Second, because he stands to the contract already in the Council of the Trinity passed.1873, Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Chapter VII: The Testimony of Jesus to Himself
  2. A supernatural intervention in human affairs.

theurgy meaning in Tamil

theurgy in Tamil

சித்து

Examples of theurgy in a sentence

  • This doctrine reaches its height in Plotinus, after whom it degenerated into magic and theurgy in its unsuccessful combat with the victorious Christianity.1911, “Alexandrian School”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
  • Spiritual magic or theurgy was based on the idea that one could reach God in an ascent up the scale of creation made possible by a rigorous course of prayer, fasting and devotional preparation.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 261:

Forms of theurgy

pluraltheurgies

Origin of theurgy

From Late Latin theūrgia, from Ancient Greek θεουργίᾱ (theourgíā, “sorcery”), from θεός (theós, “god”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, the- + -urgy.

Words formed from theurgy

Words that rhyme with theurgy

Questions about theurgy

What does theurgy mean?
Theurgy means a form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
What is theurgy in Tamil?
Theurgy in Tamil is சித்து. See Theurgy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use theurgy in a sentence?
This doctrine reaches its height in Plotinus, after whom it degenerated into magic and theurgy in its unsuccessful combat with the victorious Christianity.
What part of speech is theurgy?
Theurgy is a noun.
How do you pronounce theurgy?
Theurgy is pronounced /ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of theurgy?
The plural of theurgy is theurgies.

Words near theurgy in the dictionary

  1. theurgical
  2. theurgically
  3. theurgies
  4. theurgist
  5. theurgists
  6. theurgy
  7. Thevenard syndrome
  8. Theveneau
  9. theveneriin
  10. Thevenot
  11. thevetin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theurgy (page history and authors); theurgy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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