Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section V. Religious Affections
4. Acts of Religion

992. Sorcery.

   NOUN:SORCERY; occult -art, – sciences; magic, black magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy [obs.], demonomancy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment, witchcraft, witchery; fetishism or fetichism; ghost dance, hoodoo, voodoo, voodooism; fire worship, heliolatry; obi or obiism, shamanism, vampirism; conjuration, incantation, bewitchment, glamour, enchantment; obsession, possession; exorcism.
  divination (prediction) [See Prediction]; sortilege, ordeal, sortes Vergilianæ hocuspocus (deception) [See Deception].
   VERB:PRACTICE SORCERY &c. n.; cast a nativity, cast a horoscope, conjure, exorcise or exorcize [rare in the sense of conjure], charm, enchant, bewitch, bedevil, overlook, look on with the evil eye, witch, voodoo, hoodoo [colloq.]; entrance, fascinate (influence) [See Motive]; taboo or tabu; wave a wand; rub the -ring, – lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits; raise spirits from the dead; raise ghosts, lay ghosts; command jinn or genii.
   ADJECTIVE:MAGIC, magical; witching, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory; charmed &c. v.; Circean; voodoo.