theurgy

n. 神力, 法术, 巫术, 妖术

发音

UK /ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/
其它
US /ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/

词形变化

theurgies 复数 theurgies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A supernatural intervention in human affairs.

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  2. 2.

    A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.

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    1873, Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Chapter VII: The Testimony of Jesus to Himself, 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.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

cause white magic

整体词 2

supernatural occult

词源

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

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