Goety

Quick meaning: Goety is a noun meaning (obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.

Meaning

(obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.

Example Sentences

'Then it is witchcraft?' I said, pointing to the amulet. 'I know not, my lord,' he answered; 'but if it be witchcraft it is of the honourable sort and not the goety of Sahitan. […]'

The confused and high-piled litter of manuscripts, volumes, notebooks on his writing-table had seemingly lain untouched by anything but his own hand; and his bookshelves, with their bizarre and terrifical array of authorities on diabolism, necromancy, goety, on all the ridiculed or outlawed sciences, were undisturbed and intact.

Synonyms for goety

Depending on context, synonyms include diablerie, sorcery, bewitchery, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include witchdom, negromancy, wytch, wytche, medicine, craft.

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