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voces magicae

voces magicae noun: magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.

Noun

voces magicae pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.
    • After that follow 5 passages, all introduced by the anaphorical “You are…” (sy ei) and separated from each other by voces magicae.1982, Jan Bergman, edited by M Heerma van Voss et al., Studies in Egyptian Religion, page 29
    • Bonner contends that while the two might have sounded similar, glossolalia was “spontaneous, unmediated utterance”, while the voces magicae consisted of carefully transmitted, stereotypical formulas.2006, David Edward Aune, Apocalypticism, Prophecy and Magic in Early Christianity, page 412

Origin of voces magicae

From Latin vōcēs magicae (“magic words”).

Questions about voces magicae

What does voces magicae mean?
Voces magicae means magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.
What part of speech is voces magicae?
Voces magicae is a noun.

Words near voces magicae in the dictionary

  1. voce di petto
  2. voce di testa
  3. voceri
  4. voceru
  5. voces
  6. voces magicae
  7. voces nihili
  8. vochtenite
  9. vochysiaceous
  10. vociferance
  11. vociferant

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