witchery
NounSynonyms:
witchcraft
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)witcheries
- the art of sorcerySynonyms: witchcraftType of sorcery, black magic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Witch′er·y noun; pl. Witcheries (…).
1. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.
Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries.— John Milton
A woman infamous... for witcheries.— Sir Walter Scott
2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.
He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky.— William Wordsworth
The dear, dear witchery of song.— William Cullen Bryant
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54