Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The acts or art of a conjurer; magic; jugglery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of magic; enchantment.
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- noun
conjuration
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun calling up a spirit or devil
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Examples
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The use of the word "trick" in mathematical sciences does not refer to conjury but refers to the use of a technique that may not be immediately obvious.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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She wanted other books, essays about sorcery, primers on magic-working and conjury that had to be mailordered from New Hampshire, New Orleans, even Italy.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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She wanted other books, essays about sorcery, primers on magic-working and conjury that had to be mailordered from New Hampshire, New Orleans, even Italy.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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She wanted other books, essays about sorcery, primers on magic-working and conjury that had to be mailordered from New Hampshire, New Orleans, even Italy.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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Now and then some learned courts take a big view of life, but scarcely do they make an impression until some public brainstorm drives them back in their treatment of crime to the methods of sorcery and conjury.
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I knew I didn't want to end the book, at that point -- even though a death is a natural place to end it -- because I just felt so sad, at that conjury of emotions, so I decided to follow that story through the summer and the fall of '45, after his death.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 1995
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Swiftly his hands moved from sign to sign, like a mage's gestures before some momentous conjury.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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The crippling despair lifted from her, just as the effects of Ivainson's conjury reached the valley.
Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988
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Their tireless and exacting analysis of reality might strip and banish Sathid-born conjury as dream; led to extreme, these wizards might even enter the mind and sunder rapport between Sathid master and crystal.
Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988
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Unseen to one side, Taen shouted a useless plea concerning conjury and the wizards of Mhored Kara.
Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988
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