Meaning of Conjuration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
   countable, uncountable
2. A magic trick.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.”

“How nicely we could manage⟳ without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process⟳ of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...”

“We charge you, in the name⟳ of God, take⟳ heed; […] Under this conjuration speak⟳, my lord.”

“An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary”

“The conjuration of Catiline.”

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