thaumaturge

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In case you didn’t look it up, thaumaturge is defined as “a worker of wonders and performer of miracles; a magician.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

“If the pope were a thaumaturge, I would ask him to end the pandemic, but unfortunately he doesn’t have this power,” said Inigo Sanchez, one of the attendees.

From Fox News • Sep. 2, 2020

But the president sorely underestimated a political thaumaturge, so gifted that his ascent to the White House had been foreseen when he was aged just seven by his school teacher.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2020

But better even than Warhol at managing and magnifying the celebrity of the face is Kanye: pop's best thaumaturge of self-image.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2014

His saintly and self-denying life had gained him enviable powers as a thaumaturge, and his reputation as a preacher drew crowds to listen to his eloquence.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles