- a variation of thaumaturgic.
thaumaturgical
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Hackers, having a sense of humor about this—and, no surprise, being big fans of wordplay—have long leaned into the thaumaturgical spirit.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019
The fact that, in the preface to the popular edition of Literature and Dogma, he italicized those last words would appear to show that he attached some special, almost "thaumaturgical," value to them.
From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine
In his Fast-Day sermon Dr. Burge delivered himself of much weighty testimony against those thaumaturgical incantations of heathenism which had been revived among us.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various
Nor can it be stayed by any impeachment of it as hostile to Christianity, whose grand argument appeals to its present ethical effects, not to ancient thaumaturgical accompaniments.
From Miracles and Supernatural Religion by Whiton, James Morris
The planters learned from it meteorological, astronomical, thaumaturgical, botanical, and agricultural facts—or rather what the editor stated as facts.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
