The-ûr'gie or The-ûr'gie-al1, a.
a. [Fr. théurgique, Lat. theurgicus, Gr. θεουργικός. See infra.] Of, or pertaining to, theurgy.
Theurgic hymns, songs of incantation.
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Theurgy
Thē'ur-ġy2, n.
n. [Fr. théurgie, Sp. & It. teurgia, Lat. theurgia, Gr. θεουργία. See supra.]
Sense 1. Among the Egyptian Platonists, an imaginary science supposed to have been revealed to men by the gods themselves in very ancient times, and to have been handed down traditionally by the priests; also, the ability, by means of certain acts, habits, words, and symbols, to move the gods to impart to us secrets which surpass the powers of reason, to lay open to us the future, and to render themselves visible. Murdock.
Sense 2. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.