thaumaturgist
(ˈθɔːmətɜːdʒɪst)
[f. thaumaturgy + -ist.]
= thaumaturge.
| 1829 Carlyle Misc., Germ. Playw. (1872) II. 91 No conjuror..can any longer pass for a true thaumaturgist. 1837 Ibid. Diamond Necklace xvi. V. 190 Cagliostro, Thaumaturgist, Prophet and Arch-Quack. 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 530 note, The city was visited by the thaumaturgist Apollonius. 1882 ― Early Chr. I. 116 Rome abounded in Oriental thaumaturgists and impostors. |
So ˈthaumaˌturgism, thaumaturgy (Cent. Dict. 1891); ˈthaumaturˌgize v. intr., to act the thaumaturge, perform wonders.
| 1891 19th Cent. Nov. 825 We find Father Anquieta thaumaturgising (if I may use the expression) on the slightest occasions. |