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demiurge
dem·i·urge [ démmee ùrj ] (plural dem·i·urg·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. powerful force or personality: a very strong, driving, and influential force or personality ( formal )

2. ancient Greek magistrate: a public magistrate in some ancient Greek states
[Early 17th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin< Greek dēmiourgos "skilled person" < dēmios "of the people" + -ergos "working"]

dem·i·ur·geous [ dèmmee úrjəss ] adjective
dem·i·ur·gic adjective
dem·i·ur·gi·cal adjective
dem·i·ur·gi·cal·ly adverb
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