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English Dictionary: demiurge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demiurge
n
  1. a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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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