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单词 sorcery
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sorceryn.

/ˈsɔːsəri/
Forms: α. Middle English sorceri, Middle English–1600s sorcerie, Middle English, 1500s sorcerye, Middle English– sorcery; Middle English sorsory(e, Middle English–1500s sorserye, Middle English sors(s)ery, sorsry, sorsrie. β. Middle English socerye, Middle English–1500s socery, 1500s sossery, sosserie.
Etymology: < Old French sorcerie ( < sorcier sorcer n.), or < medieval Latin sorceria. So Middle Dutch sorcerie, sorserie.
1.
a. The use of magic or enchantment; the practice of magic arts; witchcraft.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]
wielingeOE
wielOE
craftOE
witchcraftOE
witchdomOE
telingc1230
demerlaykc1275
dweomercraeftc1275
sorcerya1300
magicc1387
maleficec1390
jugglerya1400
precination1503
witchery1546
maleficiousness1547
prestigiation?c1550
wizardry1583
magie1592
dark art1613
prestigion1635
conjurement1645
magomancy1652
wizardism1682
thaumaturgy1727
warlockry1818
witchwork1827
brujería1838
wizardship1882
trolldom1891
mojo1923
pixie dust1951
witchering1956
old religion1964
α.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29255 Crists enemy, þat wiche-craft or sorceri Dos wit ani halud thing.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋340 If he were al refreynit by siknes, or by malefice of sorserye.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 478 Þat ilk niȝth, Neptenabus Made so stronge sorcerye.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. iii. 79 By enchauntement and sorssery she hath ben the destroyer of many good knyghtes.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 199 He..beleuyd swenys and sorsrie.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxixv A seruaunt of the Dukes was sodainly accused..of poysonyng, sorcery, or inchauntment.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 15 To quittance their deceite, Contriu'd by Art, and balefull Sorcerie . View more context for this quotation
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. vi A man was taken in Southwark..with a Book of Sorcery in his Male and was brought into the Kings-Bench.
1844 R. W. Emerson Tantalus in Wks. (1906) III. 322 Alas! the same sorcery has spoiled his skill; no syllable can he shape on his lips.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 90 The queen dowager was accused..of an attempt to destroy the king by sorcery.
β. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 339 That may be done thrugh socery.1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 11 Curis..in the which they..use socery and which crafte.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 133 His mother was ane farie queyne Gottin be sossery.?1569 W. Lauder Lament. in Godlie Tractate sig. Dv Now mony vsis Sosserie.
b. plural. Separate forms or instances of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > act(s) of
wielOE
witchcraftsOE
telingc1230
sorceries1357
witcheries1573
witchering1818
1357 Lay Folks Catech. (1901) 34 Al mawmetries, Al fals enchaunmentez, and al sorceries.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 8 The advoyding of sorceryes, witchecrafte, and other inconveniencies.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xviii. 267 Thereby Vlysses escaped Circes hir sorceries, and inchantments.
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. vii. 201 Simon Magus was eminent for miraculous sorceries.
1671 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 279 Whether she uses any manner of charmes, sorceries, or magic whatever.
a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 134 Sorceries, Assassinations, poisonings.
2. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 156 I am not surprised with the incantations and sorceries of vaine glorie.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D4 What drugs, what sorceries, what oyles,..doo our curious Dames vse to enlarge their wythered beauties?
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 566 Vain wisdom all, and false Philosophie: Yet with a pleasing sorcerie could charm Pain for a while. View more context for this quotation
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vi. 189 It is possible, the greatness of this man,..might, with most legitimate sorcery, fascinate the volatile Queen.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths III. 262 Personal beauty is a rare sorcery.
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