Sorcery Definition

sôrsə-rē
sorceries
noun
sorceries
The use of an evil supernatural power to control or influence people and their affairs or the natural world; black magic.
Webster's New World
Magical power or influence.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sorcery

Noun

Singular:
sorcery
Plural:
sorceries

Origin of Sorcery

  • From Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate"), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sort, lineup")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sorcerie from Old French from sorcier sorcerer sorcerer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sorcery Sentence Examples

  • He was charged with cruelty, even with sorcery and murder.

  • The third commandment might be rendered, "Thou shalt not utter the name of the Lord thy God vainly," but it is possible that the meaning is that Yahweh's name is not to be used for purposes of sorcery.

  • At the bottom of the scale of nature-worships he places the religion of sorcery.

  • The latinized form of the Greek word was corrupted into nigromantia, connecting the word with niger, black, and so was applied to the "black art," "black magic," in the sense of witchcraft, sorcery.

  • They were cowed, as they said, by that disciple and limb of the fiend called La Pucelle, that used false enchantments and sorcery.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOR

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With Y