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prestigiˈation Now rare.
Also 7 præ-.
[n. of action from L. præstigiāre: see prec.]
The practice of juggling, sorcery, or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring.
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 83 Least thei might..bee envegeled with the sorceres and prestigiation of devils. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) III. xxiii. 37 Examples..of fascinations, incantations, prestigiations, of philtres, spells, charmes, sorceries, characters and such like. a1670Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 338 If such a thing come to pass by the Devil's mists and devices, then it is præstigiation or delusion. 1885St. James' Gaz. 20 June, At Piccadilly Hall..To-day. Séances of Prestigiation, Mesmerism, and Thought Transmission. |