gramarye

Or gram·a·ry

[gram-uh-ree]

noun

1. occult learning; magic.

gramarye

/ ˈɡræmərɪ /

noun

1. archaic,  magic, necromancy, or occult learning

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramarye¹

C14: from Old French gramaire _grammar

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.

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

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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.

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It was not that Arthur was a prig—it was that his country of Gramarye lay in such a toil of anarchy in the early days that some idea like the Round Table was needed to make the place survive.

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While the damsel is weeping, which she did in a charming and determined way, we had better explain about the tournaments which used to take place in Gramarye in the early days.

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