conjuration

• The conjuration was here, so this would give the proper direction to there. —  The Source of Magic
• So on the next Sabbath my conjuration was fully tested by my going off, and staying away until Mondaymorning, without permission. —  Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself
• In the decemviral code the extreme penalty is attached to the crime of witchcraft or conjuration: 'Let him be capitally punished who shall have bewitched the fruits of the earth, or by either kind of conjuration (_excantando neque incantando_) shall have conjured away his neighbour's corn into his own field,' &c an enactment sneered at in Justinian's Institutes in Seneca's words. —  The Superstitions of Witchcraft
• But if the conjuration was to raise the ghost of one deceased, the fittest places for the purpose were spots where persons had been slain, woods in which suicides had been committed, churchyards, and burying-vaults. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• Another conjuration is fer a woman to make three waves over a man's head. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the Same Context