The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorcery \Sor"cer*y\, n.; pl. Sorceries. [OE. sorcerie, OF. sorcerie, fr. OF. & F. sorcier a sorcerer, LL. sortiarius, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot, decision by lot, fate, destiny. See Sort, n.] Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
Adder's wisdom I have learned,
To fence my ear against thy sorceries.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of sorcery English)
Usage examples of "sorceries".
The result was a civil war, and the sorceries unleashed were apocalyptic.
The Seer has unleashed formidable sorceries against the unknown enemy.
Bureaucracy and minor sorceries seemed strangely well suited to one another.
For the moment, he could sense nothing of the innocuous waterworn pebble he'd dipped into his particular host of sorceries, so he had little choice but to fashion his search into an outward spiral, trusting in proximity to brush his senses sooner or later.
See what you can find out about those hidden sorceries - if gods are plucking Paran's strings again, I want to know who, and then we can mull on why.
An un-tethered vessel, a vessel in which to place two shattered souls - one beyond death and the other held back from death through ancient sorceries, two identities braided together - a vessel that would be used to feed the unnatural child thus created.
Jaghut sorceries threatened the world… sea levels dropped, whole species died out - every mountain range was a barrier.
Since that event, a few outsiders have sought entry, have probed with sorceries, have indeed walked the yard, but the House has denied them all.
Binding sorceries - the whispered skeins of power made manifest, here on the floor of Hood's realm.
An un-tethered vessel, a vessel in which to place two shattered soulsone beyond death and the other held back from death through ancient sorceries, two identities braided togethera vessel that would be used to feed the unnatural child thus created.
Jaghut sorceries threatened the world… sea levels dropped, whole species died outevery mountain range was a barrier.
Already my being courses with the driving energies of the cosmos, so that their puny sorceries have only for a moment thwarted me.
More potent sorceries were demanded than I had ever planned—you cannot imagine the powers that clashed invisibly, the frightful sacrifices this narrow victory cost!
I believed my pitiful sorceries could defeat Bloodstone, but last night it took the most potent of spells just to withstand its languid thrust!
I’m assuming we can take your moon disk with us—is there any other way your sorceries can aid us?