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Recent Examples of thaumaturge
Brother Larry Schellman taught him about shamans, swamis, and thaumaturges, as well as the Catholic Church’s position on them—namely, that their powers are real but demonically granted.
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
Of Jesus the dusty thaumaturge, the wandering soul-zapper and self-styled son of God, less so.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thaumaturge
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Researchers believe the structures served as elite burial sites for leaders, priests, or shamans, challenging earlier assumptions that Funnelbeaker societies were strictly egalitarian.—
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By 1901, just seventeen years after contact with the outside world, shamans were cutting their hair, getting baptized, and taking Danish Christian names.—
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He was given a chance to do a try-out performance, which was promptly ruled occultist.—
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The order that takes his name, the Franciscans, is known for its production of wonder-workers capable of similar feats.—
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Online, a host of experimental, upstart wonder-workers were finding new audiences with eye-catching content about all things demonic.—
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He was raised Christian, converted to Judaism in his mid-30s, and later became an honorary warlock in the Church of Satan.—
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Those in the ceremony donned classic but elegant Halloween costumes: the bridesmaids were witches and the groomsmen were warlocks.—
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“Thaumaturge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thaumaturge. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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