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Meaning of DEMIURGE

Pronunciation:  'demee`urj

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
 
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 See Also: deity, divinity, god, immortal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dem"i*urge\, n. [Gr. dhmioyrgo`s a worker for the
people, a workman, especially the maker of the world, the
Creator; dh`mios belonging to the people (fr. dh^mos the
people) + 'e`rgon a work.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek
   states.
2. God, as the Maker of the world.
3. According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the
   Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.
 

 

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