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goetic, a. and n. Obs. exc. arch.|gəʊˈɛtɪk|
Also 7 goetick(e, -ique, (8 erron. geotick).
[ad. Gr. γοητικός pertaining to witchcraft (ἡ γοητική µαγεία, µαντεία = γοητεία goety) through med.L. goēticus or F. goétique.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to ‘goety’.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God (1620) 353 Those that go about any such mischiefe with magical enchantments..think they can hurt others, and that others by art Goetique may hurt them. 1635Heywood Hierarch. vii. Comm. 471 This Goeticke and Necromanticke Majicke. 1834Lytton Pompeii ii. viii, The theurgic, or benevolent magic—the goetic, or dark and evil necromancy—were alike in preeminent repute.
B. n.
1. One who practises ‘goety’; a magician, wizard, sorcerer.
1652Gaule Magastrom. xxvi, This is the reason why these Goeticks onely make use of evill spirits.
2. = goety.
1727Bailey vol. II, Geotick..a sort of Magick, performed by the Assistance of a Dæmon, the same as Geomancy. |