black art

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noun
  1. witchcraft; magic.

Origin of black art

1
First recorded in 1580–90

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How to use black art in a sentence

  • She was charged, however, probably by the hostile priests, with the possession of the black art.

  • The Earl was a leader of the Irish; he was very skilful at weapons, and deep in the black art.

    The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • A most extraordinary account of the black art, as instanced in the custom known as burying the sheaf comes from co.

    Irish Witchcraft and Demonology | St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour
  • All the rest of the company saw the small volume, and took it for a book of the black art.

  • She tormented the nuns at night, and, to assist her in the black art, she kept a considerable number of cats.

British Dictionary definitions for black art

black art

noun
  1. the black art another name for black magic

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