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Conjuration
Conjuration Con`ju*ra"tion, n. [L. conjuratio, cf. F.
conjuration.]
1. The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in
solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest
entreaty; adjuration.
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . .
Under this conjuration speak, my lord. --Shak.
2. The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use
of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts;
incantation; enchantment.
Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.
--Hallam.
3. A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. [Obs.] ``The
conjuration of Catiline.' --Sir T. Elyot.
Conjurator
Conjurator Con"ju*ra`tor, n. [LL.] (O. Eng. Law)
One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath
with others; a compurgator. --Burrill.
ConjureConjure Con"jure, v. t.
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send
away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by
the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
devil into. --Shak.
To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts;
hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up
alarms. Conjure
Conjure Con"jure, v. i.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to
juggle; to charm.
She conjures; away with her. --Shak.
Conjurement
Conjurement Con*jure"ment, n.
Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Conjurer
Conjurer Con*jur"er, n.
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a
solemn manner.
Conjurer
Conjurer Con"jur*er, n.
1. One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by
the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats
of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
Dealing with witches and with conjurers. --Shak.
From the account the loser brings, The conjurer
knows who stole the things. --Prior.
2. One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of
sagacity. [Obs.] --Addison.
Conjuror
Conjuror Con*ju"ror, n. (Law)
One bound by a common oath with others. [Obs.]
Conjury
Conjury Con"ju*ry, n.
The practice of magic; enchantment. --Motley.
Nonjurant
Nonjurant Non*ju"rant, a.
Nonjuring.
NonjuringNonjuring Non*ju"ring, a. [F. jurer to swear, or L. jurare,
jurari, to swear, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law, justice. See
Jury.]
Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great
Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary,
or their successors. Nonjuror
Nonjuror Non*ju"ror, n. (Eng. Hist.)
One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the
oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their
successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.
Nonjurorism
Nonjurorism Non*ju"ror*ism, n. (Eng. Hist.)
The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.
To conjure upConjure Con"jure, v. t.
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send
away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by
the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
devil into. --Shak.
To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts;
hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up
alarms.
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