| 单词 | witch trial |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch trial witch trial n. chiefly historical a trial of a defendant charged with practising witchcraft.Chiefly with reference to the period of heightened fear of witches in Europe and European colonies in the early modern period; cf. sense 1b(b).rare before the 19th cent. ΚΠ 1694 in I. Mauduit Tri-unity (end matter) A further account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches... This Book is Printed on the same size with the first Accounts of the Witch-Tryals, that they might Bind up together. 1830 R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. ii. 603 (note) This symbolical mode of taking the..produce of land, &c., is frequently alluded to in Witch-Trials. 1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic (1997) xvi. 514 Image-magic made a periodic appearance in the witch-trials. 2021 Independent (Nexis) 23 June During the Salem witch trials, a woman who was left-handed was much more likely to be accused of being a witch. < as lemmas |
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