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sorcery

[ sawr-suh-ree ]

noun

, plural sor·cer·ies.
  1. the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.

    Synonyms: enchantment



sorcery

/ ˈsɔːsərɪ /

noun

  1. the art, practices, or spells of magic, esp black magic, by which it is sought to harness occult forces or evil spirits in order to produce preternatural effects in the world


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsorcerous, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sorcery1

1250–1300; Middle English sorcerie, from Medieval Latin sorceria. See sorcerer, -y 3

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sorcery1

C13: from Old French sorcerie, from sorcier sorcerer

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Synonym Study

See magic.

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Example Sentences

Saudi Arabia has recently beheaded women for “sorcery” but has avoided apostasy trials involving its few Christian converts.

For foreign household workers in Saudi Arabia, most of them women, sorcery charges are more common than you might think.

Saudi citizens, too, have been arraigned, and executed, for sorcery.

Payback against those accused of practicing sorcery is a deep-set custom in some parts of the ethnically diverse nation.

Off screen, though, Momoa is already looking past the world of on-screen sorcery.

Oh, sorcery of the most wonderful magician of letters the world has seen since Shakespeare!

Robin was convicted of sorcery, and, persevering in his error, was burned alive in the Place du Parvis.

But in this Domdaniel of Sorcery even his assurance was wavering—I will tell you later, he replied nervously.

This is strange,” thought he, “that in the house of sorcery there should be food so wholesome.

He could express it in the semantics of spiritism, or he could admit to witchcraft and sorcery.

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