Sorcery - English meaning

noun

The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.

Usage examples:

The celtic art of divination

noun

The skill or act of saying or discovering what will happen in the future

noun

A feeling of great pleasure; delight.

Usage examples:

The enchantment of the mountains

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A feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially because something is very beautiful

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The audience looked on in utter fascination and enchantment., this is a place of enchantment and be…

noun

A run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity.

Usage examples:

The hoodoo continued on saturday as city went down 1–0

verb

Bewitch.

Usage examples:

She's hoodooed you

noun

A set of magical beliefs and practices that originally belonged to west africans brought to north america and the caribbean as slaves, which are linked to the religion of voodoo

Usage examples:

Haitian folklore told tales of dead people whose bodies were awakened by hoodoo., might this be the…

noun

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

Usage examples:

An incantation to raise the dead

noun

The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery).

Usage examples:

He made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine

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The science dealing with the preserving of health and with preventing and treating disease or injury

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Pediatrics is a branch of medicine., she continued to practice medicine until she was in her eighti…

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The treatment of illness or injury, or the study of how illnesses and injuries are treated

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Medicine has advanced enormously over the past 100 years., alternative/complementary/preventive med…

noun

The supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future.

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Alchemy, necromancy, and other magic practices

noun

The act of communicating with the dead in order to discover what is going to happen in the future, or black magic (= magic used for bad purposes)

noun

A form of religion that includes a belief in the power of a shaman (= a person who is thought to have special powers to influence spirits)

verb

Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.

Usage examples:

Dolly spelled her name

noun

A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.

Usage examples:

A spell is laid on the door to prevent entry

verb

Allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in an activity.

Usage examples:

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel

noun

The working of wonders or miracles; magic.

Usage examples:

He attracts people by his thaumaturgy

noun

A religion practised in parts of the caribbean (especially haiti) and the southern us, combining elements of roman catholic ritual with traditional african magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

Usage examples:

They can use voodoo to help people

verb

A religion practised in parts of the caribbean and the southern us, combining elements of roman catholic ritual with traditional african magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

Usage examples:

They can use voodoo to help people

noun

A religion involving magic that began in africa and developed in haiti

noun

The practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells.

Usage examples:

Children and goods were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours

noun

The use of magic, esp. in stories, to help or harm people

noun

The practice of witchcraft.

Usage examples:

My hideous appearance and witching skills

verb

Cast an evil spell on.

Usage examples:

Mrs mucharski had somehow witched the house

noun

→  double witching hour

noun

The art or practice of magic.

Usage examples:

Merlin used his powers of wizardry for good

noun

The skill of a wizard

Usage examples:

Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property wi…