wonder-worker

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won′der-work`er



n.
a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.
[1590–1600]
- won′der-work`ing,
adj.
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Translations

wonder-worker

[ˈwʌndəˌwɜːkəʳ] N (Med) → remedio m milagroso
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wonder-worker

n → Wundertäter(in) m(f)
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Denisov wore a Cossack coat, had a beard, had an icon of Nicholas the Wonder-Worker on his breast, and his way of speaking and everything he did indicated his unusual position.
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He began to pray to that same Nicholas the Wonder-Worker to save him, promising him a thanksgiving service and some candles.
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--Some sorcerer with laying-on-of-hands, some sombre wonder-worker by the grace of God, some anointed world-maligner, whom, may the devil take!
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To his dim comprehension they were as much wonder-workers as gods are to men.
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"The Hercules of the axe-factory, the great and never-tiring wonder-worker, is the trip-hammer.
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However, they now recognize him as more than a wonder-worker. He is the long awaited prophet-like-Moses, the one who would usher in the messianic age.
Multiplication of the loaves
seer and wonder-worker Apollonius of Tyana is compared (as he often has been) to Jesus.
From Alexander to Jesus
The story of Nathanael's calling in John presents Jesus as a wonder-worker who knows things a human being would have no business knowing.
Second Sunday after the Epiphany: January 18, 2015
The child miraculously preserved now becomes a wonder-worker himself.
Fateful companion: from the days of Moses, God has had collaborators in every generation. Maybe now it's your turn
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