sorcery
UK/ˈsɔː.sə.ɹi//ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/
sorcery noun: magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
Noun
sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)
- Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
- The tale is full of magic and sorcery.
- In the Middle Ages, people were often accused of practicing sorcery.
- Synonyms:
- warlockry, witchery, wizardry, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts
- Black magic.
- Synonyms:
- black art, cacomagic, dark magic, black magic, goety, witchcraft
sorcery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sorcery in Hindi
- magical power
- माया māyā
sorcery in Tamil
- sorcery, witchcraft, magic
- பில்லி pilli, மாயை māyai
sorcery in Urdu
- جادوگری
sorcery in Bengali
- জাদুবিদ্যা, তুকতাক
More languagesFewer languages
- sorcery in Malayalam
- മാട്ടം māṭṭaṁ
- sorcery in Kannada
- ಇಂದ್ರಜಾಲ, ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಮಾಟ, ಮಂತ್ರ
- sorcery in Arabic
- سِحْر siḥr
- sorcery in Persian
- جادو jâdu, فرهست farhast
- sorcery in Vietnamese
- yêu thuật, ma thuật
- sorcery in Myanmar
- ပယောဂ pa.yau:ga.
Examples of sorcery in a sentence
- The Bible warns against the use of witchcraft and sorcery.
- “Sorcery, Magicianry, and Witchcraft.” She circled each word in the light.
- God's last book warns, "by sorcery all the nations were deceived" (Revelation 18:23).
Synonyms of sorcery
- warlockry
- witchery
- wizardry
- bewitchery
- black arts
- charmwork
- conjuration
- conjuring
- dark arts
- diablerie
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Forms of sorcery
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Origin of sorcery
From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.
Words formed from sorcery
Phrases with sorcery
Questions about sorcery
- What does sorcery mean?
- Sorcery means magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
- What is sorcery in Hindi?
- Sorcery in Hindi is माया (māyā). See Sorcery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sorcery?
- Sorcery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sorcery?
- Sorcery is pronounced /ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/ (US).
- What is the plural of sorcery?
- The plural of sorcery is sorceries.
Words near sorcery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sorcery (page history and authors); பில்லி (Tamil) (page history and authors); sorcery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorcery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മാട്ടം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); sorcery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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