thaumaturgist

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With Manuel they were particularly high and mighty, assuring him that he was only a prosperous and affected pseudo-magician, and that the harm done by the self-styled thaumaturgist was apt to be very great indeed.

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  1. Same as thaumaturge. Cagliostro, Thaumaturgist, Prophet, and Arch-Quack. Carlyle, Diamond Necklace, xvi.

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  • St. Francis becomes a great thaumaturgist, but his physiognomy loses its originality. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
  • With Manuel they were particularly high and mighty, assuring him that he was only a prosperous and affected pseudo-magician, and that the harm done by the self-styled thaumaturgist was apt to be very great indeed. —  Figures of Earth
  • By the way, do I understand that you support the miraculous claims of that--thaumaturgist Paynter intervened swiftly and suavely. —  The Trees of Pride
  • Solomon is therefore represented as a thaumaturgist, and while not a single example is given of the proverbs ascribed to him, his exploits as a miracle-monger are extolled. —  Josephus
  • Hananja, the thaumaturgist; we have owed him a grudge this many a day. —  A Thorny Path — Volume 03
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