Definition of theurgy Theurgy
the•ur•gy
We found 11 definitions of theurgy from 5 different sources.
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What does theurgy mean?
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NounPlural: theurgies |
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| theurgy - the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs | ||
| causal agency, causal agent, cause any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | ||
| theurgy - white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- theurgy (Noun)
A supernatural intervention in human affairs. - theurgy (Noun)
The performance of miracles. - theurgy (Noun)
The technique of persuading a god; the procuring of miracles by such persuasion. - theurgy (Noun)
Theogony.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- theurgy (n.)
A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery. - theurgy (n.)
A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. - theurgy (n.)
In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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theurgy
thē′ur-ji, n. that kind of magic which affects to work by supernatural agency, as distinguished from natural magic and necromancy.—adjs. Theur′gic, -al.—n. Theur′gist, a magician. [Gr. theourgia—theos, a god, ergein, to work.]
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🔤- theurgy, noun, singular of theurgies.
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