sorcery
noun
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
sorceries
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pluralof sorcery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Robert, "were often bounced about in our beds by this wicked man working his sorceries."
From Time Magazine Archive
The defendants alleged that the Abbé des Noyers had been a member of their cult, but had later withdrawn and turned his sorceries against them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unhappily, Pam has permitted himself the luxurious indiscretion of a wife, who turns out to be a beguiling, insidious dabbler in the subtler sorceries.
From Time Magazine Archive
With such sorceries at her command, she should soon have no more need of the feeble tricks of alchemists and pyromancers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The Babylonians used all kinds of enchantments, sorceries, as well as star-gazers, astrologers, etc., to be guided in their undertakings.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
