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Meanings of conjuration in English

Portuguese
truque
Catalan
truc de màgia
Spanish
ilusión
Wikidata

An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.

      truque
      Portuguese
      conjuração
      Catalan
      encantament

      Calling up a spirit or devil.

            conjuração
            Portuguese
            feitiço

            A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.

                  feitiço
                  Usage of conjuration in English
                  1
                  Sechul Lath thought back to the power of his companion's conjuration.
                  Forge of Darkness
                  2
                  His eyes even swam in moisture, as he repeated the conjuration:
                  Sacrifice
                  3
                  I adjusted my light and started to read the conjuration from my notebook.
                  Rivers of London
                  4
                  But now shouldn't he have some reason for summoning her beyond simple conjuration?
                  Hemlock Grove
                  5
                  By statute of 1736, witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, and conjuration were abolished as crimes.
                  Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
                  6
                  Emral stared, wondering if indeed Mother Dark had begun this conjuration.
                  Forge of Darkness
                  7
                  The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.
                  The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
                  8
                  A neighbor of mine, in speaking of this conjuration, adduces a case in point.
                  Tales and Sketches / Part 3 from Volume V of The Works of John G...
                  9
                  The conjuration which they had been anxiously seeking was found.
                  The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I
                  10
                  You were a difficult conjuration-andeven the easier ones often go wrong these days.
                  The Sky Is Falling
                  11
                  It was the ordinary formula of exorcism or, to be more exact, of conjuration.
                  The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
                  12
                  This bundle of weird stories sprang from the burial and the woman's selfish conjuration.
                  In the South Seas / Being an Account of Experiences and Observat...
                  13
                  As his conjuration approached the climax, his voice rose to a series of shrieks.
                  The Eternal Maiden
                  14
                  The next time I catch her, you won't be there to disrupt my conjuration.
                  Death masks
                  15
                  There, then, were Madame Walravens, Madame Beck, Père Silas-thewhole conjuration, the secret junta.
                  Villette
                  16
                  The conjuration of the Pazzi was only one in a long series of similar conspiracies.
                  Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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                  Conjuration through the time
                  Conjuration across language varieties
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