-jē noun
( -es )
Etymology: Late Latin theurgia, from Late Greek theourgia, from theourgos wonder-worker + Greek -ia -y
1.
a. : the art or science of compelling or persuading a god or beneficent supernatural power to do or refrain from doing something ; specifically : an occult art in which the operator by means of self-purification and discipline, sacred rites, and knowledge of divine signatures in nature is held to be capable of evoking or utilizing the aid of divine and beneficent spirits
b. : a human act, process, power, or state of supernatural efficacy or origin ; also : theurgic acts
2. : a divine work : miracle