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witchery

[ wich-uh-ree ]

/ ˈwɪtʃ ə ri /

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noun, plural witch·er·ies.

witchcraft; magic.

magical influence; fascination; charm: the witchery of her beauty.

Origin of witchery

First recorded in 1540–50; witch + -ery

Words nearby witchery

witch's milk, witch-, witch-elm, witch-hunt, witchcraft, witchery, witches' brew, witches' butter, witches' sabbath, witches'-besom, witches'-broom

Example sentences from the Web for witchery

Nothing could have suited Louise better than this change of arena for the exercise of her wilfulness and witchery.

Love Romances of the Aristocracy |Thornton Hall
The Circean witchery and enticement is all on the part of the dog-germ, not in the inclination of the molecules.

Life: Its True Genesis |R. W. Wright
The witchery of her dancing showed rare art, which was lost altogether on the simple crowd.

The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith
But Arunodaya, careless of his minister, gave himself up a willing captive to the witchery of his Widydhar wife.

A Syrup of the Bees |Anonymous

The load of care lifted from their hearts by the witchery of the night left room for aught save sober reflection.

The Great Mogul |Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for witchery

witchery

/ (ˈwɪtʃərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

the practice of witchcraft

magical or bewitching influence or charm