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Synonyms for sorcery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sawr-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔr sə ri

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Définition of sorcery

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French sorcerie, from sorcier "sorcerer, wizard," from Medieval Latin sortiarius "teller of fortunes by lot; sorcerer," literally "one who influences fate or fortune," from Latin sors (genitive sortis) "lot, fate, fortune" (see sort (n.)).
  • noun black magic, witchcraft
Example sentences :
  • Sorcery reads backwards—and I saw him so read from that scroll of his.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Witchcraft and sorcery he called it, and in Zuñi to be accused of witchcraft is death.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • But they, deaf alike to the song and the sorcery, rowed harder than ever.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • He had acquired the art of sorcery through the cultivation of magic.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The history of psychiatry and sorcery proves that we are not exaggerating.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It is not as the consequence of a poison-speck in her own heart that she has recourse to sorcery.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
  • In all kinds of writers we may remark an infinity of stories of magic, spells and sorcery.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • It's to the big force behind her, the sorcery of nature, don't you see?
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • She was too good and innocent for sorcery to have power over her.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • The old Grecian and Italian sorcery appears to have been rather mild.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

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