theurgy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/    美 /ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities. countable,uncountable
    — And from this he concludes that theurgy is a craft which accomplishes not only good but evil among gods and men; and that the gods also have passions, and are perturbed and agitated by the emotions which Apuleius attributed to demons and men, but from which he preserved the gods by that sublimity of residence, which, in common with Plato, he accorded to them.
  2. A supernatural intervention in human affairs. countable,uncountable

词形变化

theurgies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
theurgic theurgical theurgically theurgist
相关词
theurge thaumaturgy

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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