witchery
Americannoun
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witchcraft; magic.
Accusations of witchery and spiritual possession tore the community apart.
These photos, taken at a local Sabbat, reveal a diverse and complex spectrum of contemporary witchery.
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magical influence; fascination; charm.
I was captivated by the witchery of her beauty.
noun
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the practice of witchcraft
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magical or bewitching influence or charm
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Origin of witchery
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In the theater, it’s easy to lose sight of Macbeth’s misgivings and regrets amid the thrilling witchery and suspenseful criminality.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
And while it’s fair to say that good witchery may still not be in the cards for that particular family clan, it is found in a new generation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
Yet for a good portion of this book, the actual witchery falls away.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Her portraits re-envision witchery by celebrating the spectrum of identities and spiritual practices found in today’s witch community.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Its own witchery has returned all around it.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
But bless the eyes, whose witcheries Have filled my heart with care; Till Death I’ll prize and bless the eyes Of Sophy Ribeaupierre.
From The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry
What wild imagination ever conceived of such witcheries; and what power could command their materialization in the North Woods?
From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
Then he got her to tell him other things of the Indian country, things of ghost-haunted places and strange witcheries, with which they confused the game and the fish.
From That Girl Montana by Ryan, Marah Ellis
He is like the luminous phantom which walked in Faust through the witcheries of the Brocken.
From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel
A few days after his departure, as I was seated in the nursery, watching your innocent witcheries as you lay cradled in the lap of Peggy, I was told a lady wished to see me.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
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