thaumaturgy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

thaumaturgy
    n 1: any art that invokes supernatural powers [syn: {magic},
         {thaumaturgy}]
    2: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn:
       {magic trick}, {conjuring trick}, {trick}, {magic},
       {legerdemain}, {conjuration}, {thaumaturgy}, {illusion},
       {deception}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

thaumaturgy \thau"ma*tur`gy\ (th[add]`m[.a]*t[^u]r"j[y^]), n.
   [Gr. qaymatourgi`a.]
   The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic;
   legerdemain. --T. Warton.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "thaumaturgy":
      alchemy, bewitchery, bewitchment, charm, divination, enchantment,
      fetishism, glamour, gramarye, hoodoo, incantation, juju, jujuism,
      magic, natural magic, necromancy, obeah, rune, shamanism, sorcery,
      sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sympathetic magic,
      thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, theurgy, vampirism,
      voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery,
      witchwork, wizardry

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