thaumaturgy means The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why this word is great
THAUMATURGY — [Noun] The performance of miracles or wonders, especially through the applied craft of magic or supernatural power. From the Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, "miracle, wonder") + ἔργον (érgon, "work"). Unlike "theurgy," which seeks union with the divine through ritual, or "prestidigitation," which is the artful lie of the hand, thaumaturgy is the secular craft of bending reality, a stubborn assertion of will against the iron laws of nature. It is the bloom of spring from a staff of dead wood, the whispered charm that seals a wound before the blood can pool, and the mending of a shattered vessel so that not a single hairline crack remains—a fleeting, beautiful rebellion whose greatest miracle is the temporary suspension of our own deep, weary belief in the mundane.
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- The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry.“On all subjects known to man, from the Thirty-nine Articles of our English Church, down to pyrotechnics, legerdemain, magic, both black and white, thaumaturgy, and necromancy, he favoured the world (which world was the nursery where I lived amongst my sisters) with his select opinions.”