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magicianry en · NOUN

Etymology

From magician + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being, or art of, a magician.
    • I was not verry perticularly attached to Mr. Van Buren before, although I thought highly of him, and had never heeded the cry about Magicianry, be[li]eving as I did that it was founded only in the over heatedness of partizan zeal—But now I must confess that I would not be displeased to see him taken up and Elected (as he most assuredly would be) Vice President. 1832 March 19, John D. Woolverton, “John D. Woolverton to Tipton, March 19, 1832”, in Nellie Armstrong Robertson, Dorothy Riker, editors, The John Tipton Papers (Indiana Historical Collections; XXV), volumes II (1828-1833), Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Bureau, page 552:
    • For others you have renewed something that had been buried or lost behind the magicianry of mindless ministers. 2017, Jakub Drápal, quoting Kamill Resler, translated by Anna Barton, Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia: The Life of K. Resler, Defence Counsel ex officio of K. H. Frank, Karolinum Press, →ISBN, page 50:
    • It was not poetry but it had its rhythms; the short sentences built the mob’s cumulative self-hypnotism more effectively than technical magicianry. 1978, George Turner, Beloved Son, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, published 1979, →ISBN, page 363:
    • He couldn’t say he was much more enlightened about all the magicianry, but he could now discern certain words in the Aniw language and parrot them back. 2010, Karin Lowachee, The Gaslight Dogs, Orbit, →ISBN:
    • There is no magicianry in the settling of industrial disputes. 1921 December 7, “President Harding For a Federal Industrial Court”, in The Wichita Beacon, volume LXXVI, number 40, Wichita, Kan., page 16:
    • Magicians, who themselves almost never suffered baby-magic although magicianry ran in families just as fairyhood did, had done complicated studies of this phenomenon but had reached no useful conclusions. 2000, Robin McKinley, Spindle’s End, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 110:
    • DR. C. E. SCHILLING, medical director of the Ohio State Life, stepped out of his profession last week long enough to debut in magicianry as assistant to Thurston the Great in the death defying, thrilling and mysterious feat of sawing a lady in—count ’em—two. 1924, “Glimpses of the Parade”, in The Insurance Field:
    • Chefalo and Capretta are announced as necromancers. They are gay deceivers, this pair, and much of their magicianry is said to be along new lines. 1909 March 28, “Plays and Players”, in Los Angeles Herald, volume XXXVI, number 178, part II, page 6:
    • When Uncle Sam tried to conjure the vision into nothingness though he would still see amid the vanishing clouds of magicianry incense the little Jap patiently plodding his way to Hawaii and to California. 1921 February 28, “The Harding Administration and the Jap Problem”, in Burlington Daily Free Press, volume 87, number 50, Burlington, Vt., page 4:
    • Had he acted in good faith with the United States, he might have survived the latter blow, but the two combined discredited the legend of financial magicianry that had carried him to the seats of the mighty and sent him down again. 1925 November 2, “Caillaux Out of It”, in Portland Evening Express, volume 44, number 18, Portland, Me., page four:
    • “How is it you can speak?” asked Tavir, himself not with his vocal cords, but through the mechanics of sea magic. / “Speak? Who says I speak?” retorted the voice. “I impart my thoughts by an effort of magicianry, as do you. Do you forget also? I am a mage.” 1986, Tanith Lee, “Delirium’s Mistress”, in Tales from the Flat Earth: Night’s Daughter, Delirium’s Mistress, Night’s Sorceries, Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., published 1987, page 244:
    • And then the Shapiros—they are the ones who put Mag in magicianry. They have some of the best novelties in the magical line that have ever been staged, and they have promised to out-do their own best efforts—so we can all count strongly on some treat. 1917 December 5, “Military Ball of Remington Guards Friday”, in Bridgeport Evening Farmer, volume 53, number 287, Bridgeport, Conn., page 12:
    • “Before we get to the school, I would like to go over the basics, Sophia. As I said before, there are three kinds of magic…” She traced a circle in the air, and her magic caused the line to glow blue. “Sorcery, Magicianry, and Witchcraft.” She circled each word in the light. “All three have the magic gene. Magicians are the most common.[…]” 2023, Jessica K. Schneider, The Shifter’s Oath: Darkling Chronicles, Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 75:
    • They issued a special Decree saving that all conjurers, sorcerers, enchanters, magicians, clairvoyants, stargazers. witches, soothsayers, fortune tellers, wicked women, and people who open and close chakras shouldn’t even think about engaging in magicianry on a private basis, no, no, not even an eensy weensy bit, heaven forbid. 2003, Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Jamey Gambrell, The Slynx, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 262:
    • Time Travel’s a cinch compared to fooling the greats of magic all the way up Magicianry’s ladder. 2018, A. Reneé Olesiewicz, The Wonderer: A Darby, Baird & Co. Novel, Wisconsin: TypeWritten Smitten Publishing, →ISBN, page 224:
    • Tho’ chance I yield to none in that soft chord / That giveth unto womanhood her right; / Due deference to royal majesty / And the magicianry that leads our hearts / Blindfold against our will; such is her sweetness. 1882, Gilbert Beresford, The Stream of Talent and Other Poems, London: James Nisbet & Co., […], page 87: