Invultuation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Invultuation is a noun meaning A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
Meaning
A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
Example Sentences
"What, then?" asked the porter. "Hire a witch-wife to burke him by invultuation, with a waxen image and pins?"
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vulneration, maleficiation, invection, vulnus, witchfinding, venefice.
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