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- noun Plural form of
afrit .
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Examples
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They have all their control and magic from summoning djinn from another world and using them to do magical things, and all the summoning of imps, djinn, and higher level afrits is done through reading incantations from books.
“Amulet of Samarkand” & “Golem’s Eye” by Jonathan Stroud (Disney, 2003 & 2004) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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They have all their control and magic from summoning djinn from another world and using them to do magical things, and all the summoning of imps, djinn, and higher level afrits is done through reading incantations from books.
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There are seven planes, humans can only see on the first, and magicians with the aid of lenses can see the first three, while the djinn and afrits are on all seven planes.
“Amulet of Samarkand” & “Golem’s Eye” by Jonathan Stroud (Disney, 2003 & 2004) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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There are seven planes, humans can only see on the first, and magicians with the aid of lenses can see the first three, while the djinn and afrits are on all seven planes.
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I think there a dozens of cases where authors could be accused of child pornography - I am reading Shadowbridge at the moment, what about all the little boys being fed on by afrits, doesn't that constitute pornography too?
Censorship of a peculiar kind Glenda Larke 2008
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For an instant it seemed vaguely man-shaped, which reminded me of afrits, the unhappy ghosts of murdered men.
Water Sleeps Cook, Glen 1999
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_May a thousand afrits hound this infidel to his death_, thought Daoud angrily.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963
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At first he revelled in stories of magicians, giants, afrits, and gnomes, but as soon as his tutors took him in hand he wakened every day to some new interest.
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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I do not know how Montpellier-le-Vieux would look on a dull, gray day; doubtless imagination would people it then with gnomes, horrid afrits, and shapes of fear.
The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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The Arab at the present day listens with eager interest to the same tales of genii and afrits, sorcerers and enchanted princesses, which delighted his ancestors in the times of Haroun al Raschid.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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