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witchery

[wich-uh-ree] / ˈwɪtʃ ə ri /






NOUN
enchantment
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NOUN
sortilege
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But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her portraits re-envision witchery by celebrating the spectrum of identities and spiritual practices found in today’s witch community.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021

Toward the end, he advises “leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of gratitude” and then observing “the sheer witchery of praise.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017

In their absence, Sibley decided to employ kitchen witchery to discern who or what had possessed the girls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2015

If he had not known about their witchery, they might have fooled him.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

I am a messenger sent to teach you the sorcery or witcheries of cloud-land.

From Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian by W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

The eyes, the eyes, whose witcheries    Have filled my heart with care; Too dear I prize the eyes, the eyes    Of Sophy Ribeaupierre.

From The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads by George Henry Borrow

Indeed Alec was not long in finding out that one of her witcheries was, that she was never the same.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

A few days after his departure, as I was seated in the nursery, watching your innocent witcheries as you lay cradled in the lap of Peggy, I was told a lady wished to see me.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

Ah! if your Royal Highness has escaped her witcheries, you’re one of the rare exceptions.

From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid


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