grimoire

[greem-wahr]

noun

a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.

Origin of grimoire

1850–60; < French, alteration of grammaire ‘grammar’ < Old French gramaire; see grammar

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Contemporary Examples of grimoire

The Garden of Cyrus, with its arcane explorations of botany and geometry, may as well be an alchemical treatise or a grimoire.
Halloween Read: Thomas Browne’s Eerie Premonition of His Burial
Stefan Beck
October 30, 2012

Historical Examples of grimoire

The pretended sorcerers had their "grimoire" and the judges had their sorcerer's code.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)
Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
An alternative method provided by the Grimoire is to take an unspotted egg, and expose it to the meridian rays of the sun.
Human Animals
Frank Hamel

British Dictionary definitions for grimoire

grimoire

noun

a textbook of sorcery and magic

Word Origin for grimoire

C19: from French, altered from grammaire grammar; compare glamour

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Word Origin and History for grimoire

magician's manual for invoking demons, 1849, from French grimoire, altered from grammaire "grammar" (see grammar). Cf. glamor.