sorcery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sor·cer·y /ˈsɔːsəri $ ˈsɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] ROMmagic that uses the power of evil forces 魔法，妖术 → black magic
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sorcery• There are intimate ideological connections between women's gossip on the one hand and sorcery and witchcraft on the other.• Clairvoyance, astrology, sorcery and interpretation of dreams are booming industries.• No, it was evil sorcery.• An army of Ellyrian horsemen was destroyed in the field by the Witch King's sorcery.• By that sorcery, both turnips and lives are converted to money.• About reality, and the sorcery of words.• Its name reflected the sorcery required to produce it: the Magic Summary.• Many of these beings could be manipulated through ritual, and illness or other bad fortune was often attributed to sorcery.Origin sorcery (1200-1300) Old French sorcerie, from sorcier “sorcerer”, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors; → SORT1sor·cer·y nounChineseSyllable
forces of magic power the evil uses Corpus that
sorcery
sor‧cer‧y /ˈsɔːsəri $ ˈsɔːr-/
noun [uncountable]
sor‧cer‧y /ˈsɔːsəri $ ˈsɔːr-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: sorcerie, from sorcier 'sorcerer', from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors; ⇨ sort1
magic that uses the power of evil forces ⇨ black magic
Language: Old French
Origin: sorcerie, from sorcier 'sorcerer', from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors; ⇨ sort1