'Sorcery' definitions:
Definition of 'sorcery'
(from WordNet)
noun
The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world [syn: sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy]
Definition of 'Sorcery'
From: GCIDE
- Sorcery \Sor"cer*y\, n.; pl. Sorceries. [OE. sorcerie, OF. sorcerie, fr. OF. & F. sorcier a sorcerer, LL. sortiarius, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot, decision by lot, fate, destiny. See Sort, n.] Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment. [1913 Webster]
- Adder's wisdom I have learned, To fence my ear against thy sorceries. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sorcery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airiness,
- appearance,
- astrology,
- augury,
- bewitchment,
- black art,
- black magic,
- Black Mass,
- chthonian worship,
- clairvoyance,
- crystal ball,
- crystal gazing,
- delusiveness,
- demonism,
- demonography,
- demonolatry,
- demonology,
- demonomancy,
- demonomy,
- demonry,
- devil lore,
- devil worship,
- devilry,
- diablerie,
- diabolism,
- diabology,
- diabolology,
- divination,
- divining,
- enchantment,
- fallaciousness,
- false appearance,
- false light,
- false show,
- falseness,
- fortunetelling,
- haruspication,
- haruspicy,
- horoscopy,
- idealization,
- illusionism,
- illusionist,
- illusiveness,
- immateriality,
- incantation,
- magic,
- magic act,
- magic show,
- magician,
- mantic,
- mantology,
- necromancy,
- palm-reading,
- palmistry,
- prestidigitation,
- Prospero,
- pythonism,
- Satanism,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- shamanism,
- show,
- simulacrum,
- sleight of hand,
- sorcerer,
- sortilege,
- specious appearance,
- thaumaturgy,
- unactuality,
- unreality,
- unsubstantiality,
- white magic,
- witchcraft,
- witching,
- wizardry