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gramarye

or gram·a·ry

[ gram-uh-ree ]

noun

  1. occult learning; magic.


gramarye

/ ˈɡræmərɪ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    magic, necromancy, or occult learning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gramarye1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English gramary, from Old French gramaire, literally, “grammar, Latin grammar.” In the Middle Ages gramarye was restricted to “higher” learning, written in Latin and including occult sciences and magic. See grammar
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gramarye1

C14: from Old French gramaire grammar
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Example Sentences

In other parts of Gramarye, of course, there did exist wicked and despotic masters—feudal gangsters whom it was to be King Arthur’s destiny to chasten—but the evil was in the bad people who abused it, not in the feudal system.

The pearly taste of barley would have been strange to them, for it had not yet come to Gramarye.

The King had been hunting the Questing Beast a few months earlier, on the south coast of Gramarye, when the animal had taken to the sea.

“Do you mean to tell me,” exclaimed Sir Grummore indignantly, “that there ain’t no King of Gramarye?”

“It is a puzzling life in Gramarye,” he said to himself, trying to keep his mind off the young Queen.

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