What does goety mean?
Goety means (obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy..
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/ˈɡoʊɪti/ · noun
(obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy..
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.
'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. […]'
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Goety means (obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy..
Common synonyms include black art, diablerie, sorcery, bewitchery.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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