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magery en · NOUN

Etymology

From mage + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The practice of a mage; magic, sorcery.
   • Odd, […] very odd. Though, else my magery is worthless, we shall see odder yet, for these be odd times. 1969, Avram Davidson, Peregrine: Primus, Wildside Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 44:
   • Village witches, though they might know many spells and charms and some of the great songs, were never trained in the High Arts or the principles of magery. 1990, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu, →ISBN, page 32:
   • The memories began anew, and his need for the surge of magery within him drove him on. 2005, Susan Carpenter, Curse of the Lyrestone, page 165:

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