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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: theurgy (0.00915 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: theurgy
theurgy
n : magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Theurgy
Theurgy
\The"ur*gy\ (th[=e]"[u^]r*j[y^]), n. [L. theurgia, Gr.
qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God +
'e`rgon work: cf. F. th['e]urgie. See
Theism, and
Work.]
1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
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2. 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. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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3. 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.
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