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theurgy (THEE-ur-jee) - n., the art/technique of compelling/persuading a god to do/refrain from doing something.
Also, the working of divine agency in human affairs, but the magic system is the more common meaning. In Dungeon & Dragons, what clerics do -- or even more crudely put, miracles on demand. Borrowed in the 1560s from Latin theūrgia, from Greek theourgeía, magic, from the(o)-, god + -ourgia, working, akin to érgon, to work.
---L.
Also, the working of divine agency in human affairs, but the magic system is the more common meaning. In Dungeon & Dragons, what clerics do -- or even more crudely put, miracles on demand. Borrowed in the 1560s from Latin theūrgia, from Greek theourgeía, magic, from the(o)-, god + -ourgia, working, akin to érgon, to work.
---L.
