| 单词 | black magic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack magic black magic n. [compare French magie noire (1630)] magic involving the invocation of evil spirits; harmful or malevolent magic; cf. white magic n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic devilshineOE artemagea1393 art magica1393 devilry1487 goety1569 black art1572 black magic1590 diabolism1614 demonomancy1652 goetic1727 diablerie1751 demonomagy1765 demonurgy1797 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. 564 For he the tyrant, which her hath in ward By strong enchauntments and blacke Magicke leare, Hath in a dungeon deepe her close embard, And many dreadfull feends hath pointed to her gard. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vii. 469 Some diuide this abstruse Art into Theurgia, White Magicke, and Goetia, Blacke Magicke, or the Blacke Art, otherwise called Necromantia. 1711 tr. L. Bordelon Hist. Ridiculous Extravagancies Monsieur Oufle ii. viii. 234 By a Black Magic, or the Black Art,..we are to understand, whatever Men perform by Diabolical Assistance. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 125 What with slavery and what with black-magic, life is precarious among the Wakhutu. 1989 Times 21 Feb. 36/2 H also claimed to be in fear of Mr Emode's black-magic powers. 2002 Evening Standard 28 May 15/2 Each year hundreds of people become victims of human sacrifices at the hands of witch doctors or their followers in Africa and their body parts are used for black magic. < as lemmas |
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