sorcery

3 definitions found

sorcery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Adder's wisdom I have learned,
           To fence my ear against thy sorceries.   --Milton.
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sorcery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sorcery
      n 1: 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]

sorcery - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorcery":
     Black Mass, Prospero, Satanism, airiness, appearance, astrology,
     augury, bewitchment, black art, black magic, 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, pythonism, seeming, semblance, shamanism, show,
     simulacrum, sleight of hand, sorcerer, sortilege,
     specious appearance, thaumaturgy, unactuality, unreality,
     unsubstantiality, white magic, witchcraft, witching, wizardry