Demiurge

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demiurge \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.


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     2. God, as the Maker of the world.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demiurge
       n : a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the
           universe