demiurge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demiurge /ˈdiːmɪəːdʒ, ˈdɛm-/

▶noun

• 1 (in Platonic philosophy) the creator of the world.

• 2 (in Gnosticism) a heavenly being subordinate to the supreme being, considered to control the material world.

– derivatives
demiurgic /-ˈəːdʒɪk/ adjective,
demiurgical adjective.

– origin C17: via eccles. L. from Gk dēmiourgos ‘craftsman’, from dēmios ‘public’ + -ergos ‘working’.