gramarye

American  

[gram-uh-ree] / ˈgræm ə ri /

Or gramary

noun

1. occult learning; magic.

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gramarye British  

/ ˈɡræmərɪ /

noun

1. archaic magic, necromancy, or occult learning

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Etymology

Origin of gramarye

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

Example Sentences

Glamour and gramarye were both revived by Scott— "A moment then the volume spread, And one short spell therein he read; It had much of glamour might."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Camphor, turpentine, and tea, The balsam of a Christmas tree, These are whiffs of gramarye ...

From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher

The history of Zarka, the blue-eyed witch of the Jadis tribe, who seized Yemamah by her gramarye, and our Scotch tale of Birnam wood's march, are Asiatic and European facsimiles of African "Moga's Tooth."

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Now the Magian, when Queen Marjanah overtook him with her ships, baffled her by his artifice and gramarye; swearing to her that he was not with him and that he knew nothing of him.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Its supernatural machinery—Byron said that it had more "gramarye" than grammar—is not impressive, if due exception be made of the opening of Michael Scott's tomb in Canto Second.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)