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letter magic

letter magic noun: a type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.

Noun

letter magic (uncountable)

  1. A type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.
    • Perhaps underground streams from the Cabbala (the Judaic esoteric tradition) flow into this story, for in it God is clearly imparting a letter-magic to Adam.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15

Forms of letter magic

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Questions about letter magic

What does letter magic mean?
Letter magic means a type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.
What part of speech is letter magic?
Letter magic is a noun.

Words near letter magic in the dictionary

  1. letter corporals
  2. letter grade
  3. letter grades
  4. letter jacket
  5. letter jackets
  6. letter magic
  7. letter missive
  8. letter of administration
  9. letter of advice
  10. letter of attorney
  11. letter of comfort

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