sorcery
noun, plural sor·cer·ies.
Origin of sorcery
Synonyms for sorcery
Related Words for sorcery
incantation, spell, magic, thaumaturgy, necromancy, enchantment, hoodoo, abracadabra, jinx, voodoo, alchemy, charm, hocus-pocus, divination, devilry, bewitchment, witchery, wizardry, conjuring, witchingExamples from the Web for sorcery
Contemporary Examples of sorcery
Saudi Arabia has recently beheaded women for “sorcery” but has avoided apostasy trials involving its few Christian converts.
For foreign household workers in Saudi Arabia, most of them women, sorcery charges are more common than you might think.
Saudi citizens, too, have been arraigned, and executed, for sorcery.
Historical Examples of sorcery
Sorcery reads backwards—and I saw him so read from that scroll of his.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
Witchcraft and sorcery he called it, and in Zuñi to be accused of witchcraft is death.
The Trail BookMary Austin
But they, deaf alike to the song and the sorcery, rowed harder than ever.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told AnewJosephine Preston Peabody
He had acquired the art of sorcery through the cultivation of magic.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
The history of psychiatry and sorcery proves that we are not exaggerating.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel