wonderworker
Performer of miracles
A wonderworker is someone who performs miracles or marvels—a worker of wonders.
The term applies to saints, healers, and magicians credited with supernatural feats: The village regarded the old woman as a wonderworker.
It can also describe anyone who achieves seemingly impossible results: She's a wonderworker with difficult clients.
One who cures through prayer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- laying on handsHealing through physical contact
- healing touchRestorative physical contact
- divine healingRestoration through holy power
spiritual healer · recovery · restoration · deliverance · anointing · blessing · pilgrimage · intercession
Sacred spiritual purity
- pietySincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- relicPreserved ancient object
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
beatification · veneration · martyrdom · apostle · patron · hagiography · intercession · stigmata
Practitioner of sorcery
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- enchanterOne who uses magic
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- magePractitioner of sorcery
druid · magician · conjurer · thaumaturge · mystic · sage · fakir · marabout
Astonishing thing or feeling
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- spectacleVisually striking event
transcendence · divine · revelation · portent · miraculous · awe · epiphany · mystery
faith healer
One who cures through prayer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- laying on handsHealing through physical contact
- healing touchRestorative physical contact
divine healing · spiritual healer · recovery · restoration · deliverance · anointing · blessing · pilgrimage · intercession · supplication
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
canonization · beatification · veneration · martyrdom · apostle · patron · hagiography · intercession · stigmata · incorruptibility
wizard
Practitioner of sorcery
mage · druid · magician · conjurer · thaumaturge · mystic · sage · fakir · marabout · holy man
marvel
Astonishing thing or feeling
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
spectacle · transcendence · divine · revelation · portent · miraculous · awe · epiphany · mystery · transformation
- Orthodox clergyarchpriest, patriarchs, patriarch, metropolitan, metropolitans
wonderworkercharlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
fraud · fake · impostor · con artist · quack
wonderworkermundane
Commonplace, lacking excitement
average Joe · everyman · common man · nobody · nonentity