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magicianry

magicianry noun: the state of being, or art of, a magician.

Noun

magicianry (uncountable)

  1. The state of being, or art of, a magician.
    • I was not verry perticularly attached to Mr. Van Buren before, although I thought highly of him, and had never heeded the cry about Magicianry, be[li]eving as I did that it was founded only in the over heatedness of partizan zeal—But now I must confess that I would not be displeased to see him...1832 March 19, John D. Woolverton, “John D. Woolverton to Tipton, March 19, 1832”, in Nellie Armstrong Robertson, Dorothy Riker, editors, The John Tipton Papers (Indiana Historical Collections; XXV)...
    • Tho’ chance I yield to none in that soft chord / That giveth unto womanhood her right; / Due deference to royal majesty / And the magicianry that leads our hearts / Blindfold against our will; such is her sweetness.1882, Gilbert Beresford, The Stream of Talent and Other Poems, London: James Nisbet & Co., […], page 87

Examples of magicianry in a sentence

  • They are gay deceivers, this pair, and much of their magicianry is said to be along new lines.1909 March 28, “Plays and Players”, in Los Angeles Herald, volume XXXVI, number 178, part II, page 6:
  • And then the Shapiros—they are the ones who put Mag in magicianry.1917 December 5, “Military Ball of Remington Guards Friday”, in Bridgeport Evening Farmer, volume 53, number 287, Bridgeport, Conn., page...
  • There is no magicianry in the settling of industrial disputes.1921 December 7, “President Harding For a Federal Industrial Court”, in The Wichita Beacon, volume LXXVI, number 40, Wichita, Kan., page 16:
  • It was not poetry but it had its rhythms; the short sentences built the mob’s cumulative self-hypnotism more effectively than technical magicianry.1978, George Turner, Beloved Son, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, published 1979, →ISBN, page 363:

Origin of magicianry

From magician + -ry.

Questions about magicianry

What does magicianry mean?
Magicianry means the state of being, or art of, a magician.
How do you use magicianry in a sentence?
They are gay deceivers, this pair, and much of their magicianry is said to be along new lines.
What part of speech is magicianry?
Magicianry is a noun.

Words near magicianry in the dictionary

  1. magician's guilt
  2. magicianess
  3. magicianesses
  4. magicianlike
  5. magicianly
  6. magicianry
  7. magicians
  8. magicianship
  9. magiciany
  10. magicienne
  11. magiciennes

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