sorcery
noun
1 sorcery
The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world.
synonyms: black art, black magic, necromancy.
Roget 992:
sorcery;
occult art,
occult sciences;
magic,
the black art,
necromancy,
theurgy,
thaumaturgy†;
demonology,
demonomy†,
demonship†;
diablerie [Fr.],
bedevilment;
witchcraft,
witchery;
glamor;
fetishism,
fetichism,
feticism†;
ghost dance,
hoodoo;
obi,
obiism†;
voodoo,
voodooism;
Shamanism
(Esquimaux),
vampirism;
conjuration;
bewitchery,
exorcism,
enchantment,
mysticism,
second sight,
mesmerism,
animal magnetism;
od force,
odylic force†;
electrobiology†,
clairvoyance;
spiritualism,
spirit rapping,
table turning.
divination
etc.
(prediction)
511;
sortilege†,
ordeal,
sortes Virgilianae†;
hocus-pocus
etc.
(deception)
545.
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Dutch: tovenarij
Polish: czarna magia
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