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the·ur·gy

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–noun, plural -gies.

1.	a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.

2.	the working of a divine or supernatural agency in human affairs.

[Origin: 1560–70; < LL theūrgia < Gk theourgeía magic. See the-, -urgy

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—Related forms

the·ur·gic, the·ur·gi·cal, adjective

the·ur·gist, noun

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n. pl. the·ur·gies

Divine or supernatural intervention in human affairs.
The performance of miracles with supernatural assistance.
Magic performed with the aid of beneficent spirits, as formerly practiced by the Neo-Platonists.

[Late Latin theūrgia, from Greek theourgiā, sacramental rite, mystery : theo-, theo- + -ourgiā, -urgy.]

the·ur'gic, the·ur'gi·cal adj., the·ur'gi·cal·ly adv., the'ur·gist n.

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theurgy
noun
1.	the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
2.	white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)

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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.

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.

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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