sorcery
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
Origin of sorcery
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How to use sorcery in a sentence
All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousLet us see your arts, and the sorceries you are able to perform.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank BaumIt is a Sicilian belief that the hands of unbaptized children are used by witches in their sorceries.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandIt was not as a prisoner of war that the English wanted her, but as a victim, whose sorceries could only be punished by death.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John LordTo many of them "pastorating" was one of the sorceries which, with the mother of Babylon, had bewitched the world.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee Butler
British Dictionary definitions for sorcery
/ (ˈsɔːsərɪ) /
the art, practices, or spells of magic, esp black magic, by which it is sought to harness occult forces or evil spirits in order to produce preternatural effects in the world
Origin of sorcery
1Derived forms of sorcery
- sorcerous, adjective
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