conjurator
Americannoun
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a person who practices conjuration.
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Law. a conspirator.
Etymology
Origin of conjurator
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin conjūrā ( re ) to conjure + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Any one accused of crime by common report could clear himself by his own oath and that of a single legal conjurator, unless there was a legitimate plaintiff or accuser; and no one could be tried by the inquisitorial process without his own consent.—Chassaing,
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