Sorcery

Sor′cer-y

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Sorceries

(#)

.

[OE.

sorcerie

, OF.

sorcerie

, fr. OF. & F.

sorcier

a sorcerer, LL.

sortiarius

, fr. L.

sors

,

sortis

, a lot, decision by lot, fate, destiny. See

Sort

,

Noun.

]

Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.

Adder’s wisdom I have learned,
To fence my ear against thy

sorceries

.

Milton.

Sorcery

SOR'CERY

,

Noun.

Magic; enchantment; witchcraft; divination be the assistance of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits. Adder's wisdom I have learn'd to fence my ears against the sorceries.

sorcery

English

Noun

sorcery ‎(plural sorceries)

Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

Translations

magical power

Akkadian: 𒆠𒅖𒁍 m pl ‎(kišpū)
Arabic: سِحْر (ar) m ‎(siḥr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妖術 (zh), 妖术 (zh) ‎(yāoshù), 巫術 (zh), 巫术 (zh) ‎(wūshù), 魔術 (zh), 魔术 (zh) ‎(móshù), 魔法 (zh) ‎(mófǎ)
Dutch: tovenarij (nl) f, hekserij (nl) f, wichelarij (nl) f
Ewe: dzosasa
Finnish: noituus (fi), noitavoima
French: sorcellerie (fr) f
German: Zauberei (de) f, Hexerei (de) f
Italian: stregoneria (it) f
Japanese: 魔術 (ja) ‎(まじゅつ, majutsu), 巫術 ‎(ふじゅつ, fujutsu), 魔法 (ja) ‎(まほう, mahō)
Norman: chorchell'lie f
Korean: 마법 (ko) ‎(mabeop) (魔法 (ko)), 요술 (ko) ‎(yosul) (妖術 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: سیحربازی ‎(siHrbAzee)

Latin: veneficium n, magice, artes magicae f pl, artes magae f pl, maleficium, magia (la)
Ngarrindjeri: ngadhungi
Persian: جادو (fa) ‎(jâdu), فرهست (fa) ‎(farhast)
Polish: czary (pl), czarnoksięstwo n, czarna magia (pl) f, magia (pl) f
Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt), bruxedo m, magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f
Russian: колдовство́ (ru) n ‎(koldovstvó), волшебство́ (ru) n ‎(volšebstvó), ча́ры (ru) f pl ‎(čáry), ма́гия (ru) f ‎(mágija), ворожба́ (ru) f ‎(vorožbá)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: врачарство n, врачање n, врачарија f, враџбина f

Roman: vračarstvo n, vračanje (sh) n, vračarija (sh) f, vradžbina (sh) f
Spanish: brujería (es) f, magia (es) f
Swedish: trolldom (sv) c
Turkish: büyü (tr), yada (tr), efsun (tr), sihir (tr)
Vietnamese: yêu thuật (vi) (妖術), ma thuật (vi) (魔術)

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