Witchery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Witchery is a noun meaning (uncountable) Witchcraft.
Meaning
(uncountable) Witchcraft.
More Meanings
- (countable) An act of witchcraft.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Allure, charm, magic.
Example Sentences
It may be they know something of the witcheries of this woman.
I am influenced—conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win.
The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.
At noon, when by the forest's edge / He lay beneath the branches high, / The soft blue sky did never melt / Into his heart,—he never felt / The witchery of the soft blue sky!
Word Forms
- witcheries
Synonyms for witchery
Depending on context, synonyms include whistness, witchdom, bewitchery, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include witchcraft, sorcery, wizardism, counterwitchcraft, diablerie, jugglery.
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