conjuration
English
Etymology
From Middle English conjuracioun, from Old French conjuracion, from Latin coniuration-, stem of coniuratio (“a swearing together, a conspiracy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
conjuration (countable and uncountable, plural conjurations)
- Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.
- A magic trick.
- (obsolete) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; […] Under this conjuration speak, my lord.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 259, column 2:
- An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary
- (obsolete) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC:
- The conjuration of Catiline.
Translations
conjuring
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magic trick
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