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thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun:
The performance of miracles or magic.

Of course, none of these improbable meetings ever took place in reality. But within the realm of showbiz thaumaturgy, they’re perfectly acceptable examples of latter-day digital compositing, wherein it’s possible to have anything share a frame of film or video with practically anything else.
– John Voland, “Prez presses tech buttons”, Variety, July 21, 1997

There was ever a cautious hesitancy on the part of the clergy to recognize evidence of thaumaturgy, and the superstitious use of relics.
– John Mcgurk, “Devoted People: Belief and Religion in Early Modern Ireland”, Contemporary Review, September 1998