Also 8–9 -turg. [ad. med.L. thaumatūrg-us, ad. Gr. θαυματουργός wonder-working, a conjurer, f. θαυματ- wonder + -εργος working; in form -urge, conformed to F. thaumaturge (1663 in Hatz.-Darm.).] A worker of marvels or miracles; a wonder-worker.
1715. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., I. 125. Petavius … attainted … Origen’s wonder-working Scholar Gregory the Thaumaturg, with Præarianisme.
1760. Wesley, Jrnl., 20 Dec. You throw out a hard word,… Thaumaturg.
1826. Southey, Vind. Eccl. Angl., 479. The Thaumaturge … knelt before the Image to intercede for them.
1860. Sat. Rev., X. 269/2. The half-maudlin, half-cheating thaumaturg.
1881. Athenæum, 12 March, 363/2. Pious mythologists have made out that she [St. Frideswide] was a thaumaturge of the first order.
