theurgy
/ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/noun
theurgy is a noun meaning “A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-E-U-R-G-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of theurgy is theurgies.
What does theurgy mean?
noun
- 1
A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
- 2
A supernatural intervention in human affairs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce theurgy?
- UK /ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/
- US /ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/
Theurgy has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-theurgy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of theurgy
- theurgies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is theurgy?
Theurgy appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Theurgy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of magic:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does theurgy come from?
From Late Latin theūrgia, from Ancient Greek θεουργίᾱ (theourgíā, “sorcery”), from θεός (theós, “god”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, the- + -urgy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).