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conjuration
/ˌkʌnd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
noun 4
Collocations
3ADJ.
under
VERB + CONJURATION
process
CONJURATION + NOUN
abbotsford, lord, waft
Definitions
noun
1
Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.
How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...
2
A magic trick.
3
The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; […] Under this conjuration speak, my lord.
An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary
4
A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
The conjuration of Catiline.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an illusory feat
- trick
- magic
- legerdemain
- thaumaturgy
- illusion
- deception
noun — calling up a spirit or devil
- conjuring
- conjury
- invocation
noun — a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a ma
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.
Wiktionary02
How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore..
Wiktionary03
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; […] Under this conjuration speak, my lord.
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