Theurgy

  

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Theurgy

Definition: Theurgy

Theurgy

Noun

1. Magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "theurgy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references)


Synonyms within Context: Theurgy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Sorcery

Noun: sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism, vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Theurgy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

"Theurgy" describes magic involving the action of God or some other personified supernatural power.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Theurgy."

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Crosswords: Theurgy

English words defined with "theurgy": NeoplatonismTheurgical, Theurgist. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Theurgy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Abraham Abulafia - Kabbalist and Prophet : Hermeneutics, Theosophy and Theurgy (Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism) (reference)

  • Chaldaean oracles and theurgy : mysticism, magic and platonism in the later Roman Empire (reference)

  • First Principles of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, Psychology, Epistemology, Esthetics and Theurgy (reference)

  • Practical Atlantean Magic: A Study of the Science, Mysticism and Theurgy of Ancient Atlantis (reference)

  • The Shi Ur Qomah: Liturgy and Theurgy in Pre-Kabbalistic Jewish Mysticism (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Theurgy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  theurgy

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Theurgy

Language Translations for "theurgy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mrekulli (marvel, miracle, prodigy, wonder, wonderwork). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вълшебство (glamor, glamour, magic), магия (bewitchment, black art, cantrip, charm, conjuration, enchantment, hex, magic, necromancy, obi, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαγεία (bewitchment, fascination, magic, mystique, obi, philtre, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry), θεουργία. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csodatevés (wonder). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eurgythay

   

Portuguese

  

teurgia. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

магия. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vradžbina (charm, obi, pishogue, sorcery, spell), okultizam (occultism). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

yêu thuật (devilment, devilry, deviltry, sorcery), phép thần thông (cabbala, kabbalah, thaumaturgy), phép m u nhiệm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Theurgy"

Words rhyming with "theurgy" (pronounced 'The"ur*gy'): Aciurgy, Acology, Actinology, Adenology, Aerolithology, Aerology, Agnoiology, Agriology, Agrostology, Aitiology, Alethiology, Algology, Allotriophagy, Alogy, Amphibiology, Amphibology, Anagogy, Analogy, Anemology, Angelology, Angiology, Anthology, Anthropology, Anthropophagy, Antilogy, Apiology, Arachnology, Archaeology, Archelogy, Aretology, Aristology, Arteriology, Arthrology, Assyriology, Astrolithology, Astrology, Astrometeorology, Astrotheology, Atheology, Atmology, Atmospherology, Atomology, Autophagy, Bacteriology, Baggy, Balneology, Barology, Battology, Bibliology, Bibliopegy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Theurgy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-h-r-t-u-y"

-2 letters: huger, teugh, tuyer.

-3 letters: grey, grue, gyre, huge, hurt, hyte, ruth, they, thru, thug, trey, true, trug, tyer, tyre, urge, yurt.

-4 letters: erg, eth, get, gey, gut, guy, her, het, hey, hue, hug, hut, reg, ret, rue, rug, rut, rye, teg, the, thy, try, tug, tye, ugh, yeh, yet.

-5 letters: eh, er, et, he.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-h-r-t-u-y"
 

+1 letter: thuggery.

 

+4 letters: righteously.

 

+5 letters: heterozygous, merrythought, rheumatology, thunderingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Theurgy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 65 75 72 67 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ....    .    ..-    .-.    --.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101000 01100101 01110101 01110010 01100111 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#104 &#101 &#117 &#114 &#103 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0065 0075 0072 0067 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54747187847391

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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