warlock

From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wārulogō (“liar”), equivalent to Old English wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (“true”); whence also Latin vērus) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie). The hard -ck ending originated in Scottish and Northern English, like the sense "male magic-user" (from the notion that such men were in league with the Devil and had thus broken their baptismal vows / betrayed Christianity). Cognate with Old Saxon wārlogo (“liar, unfaithful or insidious one”).
A few writers alternatively propose a derivation from Old Norse varðlokkur (“incantations, charms”, literally “ward songs”), but as the OED notes, this is implausible due to the extreme rarity of the Norse word, the semantic difference, and because forms without hard -k, which are consistent with the Old English etymology (“traitor”), are attested earlier than forms with -k, and forms with -ð- are not attested.

cog

He was himself a warlock, or wizard, which they knew by his taking the witch's part.

1730, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland

It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide


warlock

From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wēr- (“true”); compare veritable) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie).

warlock-breef

a written commission to be a warlock, a magic charm, supernatural power

(attributive, in combination) bewitched, magical, supernatural; malevolent, mischievous


orb

From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.

(astrology) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.


black magic

Coordinate term: gray magic

Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.

Coordinate term: black box

This is the fact of a new and vitally interesting experiment in the realm of physics, psychology, and art. There is no trick to this, as tricks go, except the mathematical magic of simple physics. Of course, simple physics for one man is black magic for another.

1920, “Two Pictures on a Single Canvas”, in Technology Review, page 579

The NCFLI will provide a step-by-step explanation of the processes involved. This should be done in order to dispel, to the extent possible, the notion that computerized production of legal texts and reports is "black magic," or that a hard copy of the processed text is something quite mysterious.

1970, Charles Nasem, The National Center for Law Information concept: a discussion, page 16

Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.


constellation

PIE word
 *ḱóm
From Middle English constellacioun, constillacioun (“(astrology) position of the moon or a planet in relation to the ascendant sign of the zodiac; horoscope; (astronomy) formation of fixed stars, constellation; (astronomy) elevation or position of the sun”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French constellation (modern French constellation), or directly from its etymon Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem, the accusative singular of cōnstēllātiō (“collection of stars supposed to exert an influence upon human affairs, constellation”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + stēlla (“star; meteor; planet”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”)) + -ātiō (suffix forming nouns).

nb...

constelacioun, constellacion, constellacyon, constellacyoun, constillacion, constillacione, constillacioune, constillatioun, constollacion, constolacioun

sterrebeeld

arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern, or a division of the sky including it

rykelmä

configuration or grouping of related things

The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining a horoscope.

A person's character or inclinations, supposedly determined by their horoscope.


zodíaco

Borrowed from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós).

(astrology) zodiac (region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun)

(astrology) zodiac (the set of the twelve astrological signs)


zodiac

/ˈzəʊ.dɪˌæk/

From Middle English zodiak (late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος] (zōidiakós [kúklos], “[circle] of little animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), the diminutive of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”).

ζῳδιακός 􂀿κύκλος􂁀

Tremulous on the bladed graſs ſhone bright the pearly drops, like an aſſembly of ſparkling ſtars dancing on the plains of the zodiac; vocal was every bending ſpray, every reed was inſpired, each warbling throat ſeemed to emulate the melodious voice of the bird of a thouſand ſongs.

1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv

(astrology) The belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets.

(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.

(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.


enchant

en-verb

enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

enchants (present singular third-person)
enchanting (participle present)
enchanted (participle past)
enchanted (past)

/ɪnˈt͡ʃɑːnt/

/ɛnˈt͡ʃɑːnt/

/ɘnˈt͡ʃɐːnt/

/ˈɪnˌt͡ʃænt/

/ˈɪnˌt͡ʃɑːnt/

From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō.
Doublet of incant.

(roleplaying games) To magically enhance or degrade an item.


lord

Belizean Creole: laad

→ Bengali: লাট (laṭ)

→ Hindi: लाट (lāṭ)

→ Czech: lord

→ Faroese: lordur

→ Greek: λόρδος (lórdos)

Gullah: lawd

→ Hungarian: lord

→ Italian: lord

Jamaican Creole: laad

Pijin: lod

→ Portuguese: lorde

→ Russian: ло́рд (lórd)

→ Serbo-Croatian: lȍrd / ло̏рд

→ Spanish: lord

Torres Strait Creole: lod

→ Turkish: lord

→ Yiddish: לאָרד (lord)

From Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. Compare Scots laird (“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd), the Old English compound hlāf-ǣta (“servant”, literally “bread-eater”), and modern English lady, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“bread-kneader”). The Middle English word laford was borrowed by Icelandic, where it survives as lávarður.

The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as Saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in þe hows of the assendent.

c. 1391, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe, ii. §4

(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.


veri

sq-noun

verí m (plural -, definite veríu, definite plural -)

verí (canonical masculine)
veríu (definite)
veri (indefinite nominative singular)
veriu (definite nominative singular)
veri (accusative indefinite singular)
veriun (accusative definite singular)
veriu (indefinite singular)
veriut (definite singular)

According to British linguist Stuart E. Mann the etymology of veri (“north (wind)”) is uncertain.


prophet

head

prophet (plural prophets, feminine prophetess)

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

der

a prophet has no honor in his own country

a prophet is not without honor save in his own country

Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.


fixed

en-adj

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

more fixed (comparative)
most fixed (superlative)

постоянен

not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same

(astrology) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.


prophétie

From Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”).


stella

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērlā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognates include Italian stella and Romanian stea.


magus

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος for details). Doublet of mage.

In the middle of the fifth century, Empedocles testified to the vitality of these maguses, who were capable of commanding the winds and of bringing the dead back from Hades and who presented themselves, not as mortals, but as gods.

1987, Jean-Pierre Vernant, translated by Anne Marzin, “Greek Religion”, in edited by Mircea Eliade, The Encyclopedia of Religion, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Company; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, page 116, column 1

It’s from our venerable maguses Gominik Halvor and his son. They’ve cast the runes for our enterprise.

1997, Robert Silverberg, Sorcerers of Majipoor (The Majipoor Cycle), New York, N.Y.: HarperPrism, page 435

A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.


magus

la-adj

magus (feminine maga, neuter magum); first/second-declension adjective

maga (feminine)
magum (neuter)
magus (masculine nominative singular)
maga (feminine nominative singular)
magum (neuter nominative singular)
magī (masculine nominative plural)
magae (feminine nominative plural)
maga (neuter nominative plural)
magī (genitive masculine singular)
magae (feminine genitive singular)
magī (genitive neuter singular)
magōrum (genitive masculine plural)
magārum (feminine genitive plural)
magōrum (genitive neuter plural)
magō (dative masculine singular)
magae (dative feminine singular)
magō (dative neuter singular)
magīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
magum (accusative masculine singular)
magam (accusative feminine singular)
magum (accusative neuter singular)
magōs (accusative masculine plural)
magās (accusative feminine plural)
maga (accusative neuter plural)
magō (ablative masculine singular)
magā (ablative feminine singular)
magō (ablative neuter singular)
magīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
mage (masculine singular vocative)
maga (feminine singular vocative)
magum (neuter singular vocative)
magī (masculine plural vocative)
magae (feminine plural vocative)
maga (neuter plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος (Mágos) for details).


necromantia

la-noun

necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae); first declension

necromantīa (canonical feminine)
necromantīae (genitive)
necromantīa (nominative singular)
necromantīae (nominative plural)
necromantīae (genitive singular)
necromantīārum (genitive plural)
necromantīae (dative singular)
necromantīīs (dative plural)
necromantīam (accusative singular)
necromantīās (accusative plural)
necromantīā (ablative singular)
necromantīīs (ablative plural)
necromantīa (singular vocative)
necromantīae (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).

bor

νεκρομαντεία

Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.

303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1

1871 translation by William Fletcher
These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy […] }


term

From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

член

one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation

(astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.


retrograde

en-adj

retrograde (comparative more retrograde, superlative most retrograde)

more retrograde (comparative)
most retrograde (superlative)

The adjective is derived from Middle English retrograd, retrograde (“of a planet: appearing to move in a direction opposite to the order of the zodiac signs, retrograde; unfortunate”), from Middle French retrograde and Old French retrograde (“of a celestial object: appearing to move backwards; moving backwards; reverse; palindromic; opposed to change”) (modern French rétrograde), and from their etymon Latin retrōgradus (“of a celestial object: appearing to move backwards”) (compare Late Latin retrōgradus (“reverse; palindromic”)), from retrō (“back, backwards; behind; before, formerly”) + gradus (“pace, step”). Retrō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + *-trō (probably from intrō (“to enter, go into”)); gradus is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go; to walk”).
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.

der

/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/

retrògrad

reverting to an inferior or less developed state — see also declining, regressing

Mercury retrograde

The inauspicious connotations of Mercury retrograde are actually quite old, evidenced in an ancient branch of astrology known as horary astrology.

2018 March 22, Wilder Davies, “Mercury Is Entering Retrograde Again. This Is Why So Many People Care”, in Time

(also astrology, often postpositive) Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.

ретрограден

of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement


retrograde

/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/

A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.

(astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.


retrograde

en-verb

retrograde (third-person singular simple present retrogrades, present participle retrograding, simple past and past participle retrograded)

retrogrades (present singular third-person)
retrograding (participle present)
retrograded (participle past)
retrograded (past)

From Middle French retrograder (“to (cause to) go back, return; to (cause to) move backwards; of a celestial object: to show retrograde motion; to date to an earlier period”) (modern French rétrograder), and from its etymon Latin retrōgradī, the present active infinitive of retrōgradior (“to go or step back or backwards; of a celestial object: to show retrograde motion”) (compare Late Latin retrogradare, retrogradari, retrogredere), from retrō (“back, backwards; behind; before, formerly”) + gradior (“to step, walk; to advance, go”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go; to walk”)).

der

/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/

(astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.

perääntyä

of a celestial body: to show retrogradation


mono

es-noun

mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)

monos (plural)
mona (feminine)
monas (feminine plural)

Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.

der

estar con el mono


band

bands (genitive)
bǫnd (plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandit (definite nominative singular)
bǫnd (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫndin (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandit (accusative definite singular)
bǫnd (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫndin (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinu (dative definite singular)
bǫndum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫndunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

band

Icelandic: band

Faroese: band

Norwegian Nynorsk: band

→ Norwegian Bokmål: band

Swedish: band

Danish: bånd

Norwegian Bokmål: bånd

Svá skyldi goð gjalda,
gram reki bǫnd af lǫndum,
reið sé rǫgn ok Óðinn,
rôn míns féar hônum;[…]

c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21

So shall the gods repay him—may the gods drive the ruler from the land; may the divine powers be wroth, and Odin—for the plunder of my wealth.

(plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods


புலி

puli (romanization)
புலிகள் (plural)
புலி (nominative singular)
புலிகள் (nominative plural)
புலியே (singular vocative)
புலிகளே (plural vocative)
புலியை (accusative singular)
புலிகளை (accusative plural)
புலிக்கு (dative singular)
புலிகளுக்கு (dative plural)
புலிக்காக (benefactive singular)
புலிகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
புலியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
புலிகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
புலியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
புலிகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
புலியில் (locative locative-i singular)
புலிகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
புலியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
புலிகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
புலியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
புலிகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
புலியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
புலிகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
புலியால் (instrumental singular)
புலிகளால் (instrumental plural)
புலியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
புலிகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

From Old Tamil 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺 (puli), from Proto-Dravidian *puli (“tiger”). Cognates with Telugu పులి (puli), Old Kannada ಪುಲಿ (puli), Kannada ಹುಲಿ (huli), Tulu ಪಿಲಿ (pili), Malayalam പുലി (puli).


astrologia

la-noun

astrologia f (genitive astrologiae); first declension

astrologiae (genitive)
astrologia (nominative singular)
astrologiae (nominative plural)
astrologiae (genitive singular)
astrologiārum (genitive plural)
astrologiae (dative singular)
astrologiīs (dative plural)
astrologiam (accusative singular)
astrologiās (accusative plural)
astrologiā (ablative singular)
astrologiīs (ablative plural)
astrologia (singular vocative)
astrologiae (plural vocative)

Catalan: astrologia

French: astrologie

→ Romanian: astrologie

Galician: astroloxía

Italian: astrologia

Portuguese: astrologia

Sicilian: struluggìa

Spanish: astrología

[äs̠t̪rɔˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “astronomy, astrology”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”); equivalent to Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron) + -logia.


astrologia

astrologia (nominative singular)
astrologii (genitive singular)
astrologii (dative singular)
astrologię (accusative singular)
astrologią (instrumental singular)
astrologii (locative singular)
astrologio (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin astrologia.


axinomancy

Latin axinomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀξινομαντεία (axinomanteía), from ἀξίνη (axínē, “axe”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”)

uder

ἀξινομαντεία

Diuination generally was done by diuers means […] by hatchets, Axinomancy

Axinomancy Was performed by balancing an axe on an upright stake, and the names of suspected persons being pronounced, it was supposed to point out the guilty by its motion.

1855, Edward Smedley, The Occult Sciences

Axinomancy, strictly so called, has varied somewhat in its modus operandi. A hatchet suspended by a cord was used to detect criminals or discover secrets: it twisted and turned in answer to relevant questions.

1925, Arthur Bernard Cook, Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion, volume 2, page 702


left-handed

From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.

On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to the left-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 23

(occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path


haunted

en-adj

haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)

more haunted (comparative)
most haunted (superlative)
hauntedest (superlative)

The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.

Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.


specter

From French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.

der

A specter haunted the cemetery at the old Vasquez manor.

A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]


trans

head

trans (definite accusative transı, plural translar)

transı (accusative definite)
translar (plural)
trans (nominative singular)
translar (nominative plural)
transı (accusative definite singular)
transları (accusative definite plural)
transa (dative singular)
translara (dative plural)
transta (locative singular)
translarda (locative plural)
transtan (ablative singular)
translardan (ablative plural)
transın (genitive singular)
transların (genitive plural)
transım (first-person nominative singular)
translarım (first-person nominative singular)
transın (nominative second-person singular)
transların (nominative second-person singular)
transı (nominative singular third-person)
transları (nominative singular third-person)
transımız (first-person nominative plural)
translarımız (first-person nominative plural)
transınız (nominative plural second-person)
translarınız (nominative plural second-person)
transları (nominative plural third-person)
transımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
translarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
transını (accusative definite second-person singular)
translarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
transını (accusative definite singular third-person)
translarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
transımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
translarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
transınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
translarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
translarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
transıma (dative first-person singular)
translarıma (dative first-person singular)
transına (dative second-person singular)
translarına (dative second-person singular)
transına (dative singular third-person)
translarına (dative singular third-person)
transımıza (dative first-person plural)
translarımıza (dative first-person plural)
transınıza (dative plural second-person)
translarınıza (dative plural second-person)
translarına (dative plural third-person)
transımda (first-person locative singular)
translarımda (first-person locative singular)
transında (locative second-person singular)
translarında (locative second-person singular)
transında (locative singular third-person)
translarında (locative singular third-person)
transımızda (first-person locative plural)
translarımızda (first-person locative plural)
transınızda (locative plural second-person)
translarınızda (locative plural second-person)
translarında (locative plural third-person)
transımdan (ablative first-person singular)
translarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
transından (ablative second-person singular)
translarından (ablative second-person singular)
transından (ablative singular third-person)
translarından (ablative singular third-person)
transımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
translarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
transınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
translarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
translarından (ablative plural third-person)
transımın (first-person genitive singular)
translarımın (first-person genitive singular)
transının (genitive second-person singular)
translarının (genitive second-person singular)
transının (genitive singular third-person)
translarının (genitive singular third-person)
transımızın (first-person genitive plural)
translarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
transınızın (genitive plural second-person)
translarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
translarının (genitive plural third-person)
transım (first-person singular)
translarım (first-person singular)
transsın (second-person singular)
translarsın (second-person singular)
trans (singular third-person)
transtır (singular third-person)
translar (singular third-person)
translardır (singular third-person)
transız (first-person plural)
translarız (first-person plural)
transsınız (plural second-person)
translarsınız (plural second-person)
translar (plural third-person)
translardır (plural third-person)

[t̪ʰɯˈɾ̞ɑn̪s̪]

(spiritualism) the hypnotic state a medium or a sorcerer enters when they are communicating with or entering the spiritual or the mystical realm, trance


mag

mag (nominative singular)
magowie (nominative plural)
maga (genitive singular)
magów (genitive plural)
magowi (dative singular)
magom (dative plural)
maga (accusative singular)
magów (accusative plural)
magiem (instrumental singular)
magami (instrumental plural)
magu (locative singular)
magach (locative plural)
magu (singular vocative)
magowie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

(occult) wizard (person skilled with magic)


סרטן

he-proper noun

סַרְטָן • (sartán) m

סַרְטָן (canonical)
sartán (romanization)

Root
 ס־ר־ט־ן (s-r-ṭ-n)
Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Classical Syriac ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā).

(astronomy) Cancer (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab)

(astrology) Cancer (the zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology))


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Aries.


A stylized representation of a scorpion with a stinging tail.

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Scorpio.


A (copper/bronze) handmirror, symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (and her Roman equivalent Venus). The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.


Vodnář

Vodnář (nominative singular)
Vodnáři (nominative plural)
Vodnáře (genitive singular)
Vodnářů (genitive plural)
Vodnářovi (dative singular)
Vodnáři (dative singular)
Vodnářům (dative plural)
Vodnáře (accusative singular)
Vodnáře (accusative plural)
Vodnáři (singular vocative)
Vodnáři (plural vocative)
Vodnářovi (locative singular)
Vodnáři (locative singular)
Vodnářích (locative plural)
Vodnářem (instrumental singular)
Vodnáři (instrumental plural)

(astronomy) Aquarius (a constellation of stars supposedly shaped like a water carrier)

(astrology) Aquarius (the Zodiac sign for the water carrier, covering January 20 - February 18)


wicca

wiċċa (canonical masculine)
wiċċa (nominative singular)
wiċċan (nominative plural)
wiċċan (accusative singular)
wiċċan (accusative plural)
wiċċan (genitive singular)
wiċċena (genitive plural)
wiċċan (dative singular)
wiċċum (dative plural)

Middle English: wicche, wikke, wikked

English: witch, → Wicca, wicked

Scots: wich, wicked, wicket

From Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“necromancer, sorcerer”).
Further etymology uncertain; apparently from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“separate, divide”), conjectured to be because of early Germanic divinatory practices to do with casting lots (cleromancy).
The exact etymology is problematic. R. Lühr (Expressivität und Lautgesetz im Germanischen, Heidelberg (1988), p. 354) connects wigol "prophetic, mantic", wīglian "to practice divination" (Middle Low German wichelen (“bewitch”) and suggests Proto-Germanic *wigōn, via Kluge's law becoming *wikkōn. The basic form would then be the feminine, wicce /ˈwɪt͡ʃe/, from *wikkæ, from *wikkōn with palatalization due to the preceding i and the following *æ, from *ōn. The palatal -cc- /t͡ʃ/ in wicca would then be analogous to the feminine.
An alternative possibility is to derive the palatal /t͡ʃ/ directly from the verb wiccian, from *wikkija (OED, s.v. witch). Lühr conversely favours derivation of this verb from the noun.

der

c. 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue
Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.

Women who are accustomed to receiving enchanters and sorceresses and witches, do not let them live.

wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer


wicca

Wicca (neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals)


brownie

en-noun

brownie (countable and uncountable, plural brownies)

→ Belarusian: бра́ўні (bráŭni)

→ Chinese: 布朗尼 (bùlǎngní)

→ French: brownie

→ German: Brownie

→ Hungarian: brownie

→ Irish: donnóg (calque)

→ Italian: brownie

→ Japanese: ブラウニー (buraunī)

→ Lithuanian: braunis

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: brownie

→ Polish: brownie

→ Portuguese: brownie

→ Russian: бра́уни (bráuni)

→ Kazakh: брауни (brauni)

→ Spanish: brownie

→ Thai: บราวนี (bpraao-níi)

→ Turkish: brownie, browni, brovni

→ Welsh: browni

From brown + -ie (diminutive suffix). In folkloric sense, originally Scots.

(paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.


cerdo

es-noun

cerdo m (plural cerdos, feminine cerda, feminine plural cerdas)

cerdos (plural)
cerda (feminine)
cerdas (feminine plural)


paganism

en-noun

paganism (countable and uncountable, plural paganisms)

From Latin pāgānismus (“heathenism”), from pāgānus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by early Muslims and Christians to belittle what remained of the native religions. By surface analysis, pagan + -ism.

idhujtari

local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity

Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.


pentagram

From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram.

der

πεντάγραμμον

Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.

1871, W. J. C. Miller, editor, Mathematical Questions and Solutions, volume XV, page 47

The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.

2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah, page 345

Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.

2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry, page 59

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.


pentagram

pentagram (nominative singular)
pentagramy (nominative plural)
pentagramu (genitive singular)
pentagramů (genitive plural)
pentagramu (dative singular)
pentagramům (dative plural)
pentagram (accusative singular)
pentagramy (accusative plural)
pentagrame (singular vocative)
pentagramy (plural vocative)
pentagramu (locative singular)
pentagramech (locative plural)
pentagramem (instrumental singular)
pentagramy (instrumental plural)


pentagram

pentagram (nominative singular)
pentagramy (nominative plural)
pentagramu (genitive singular)
pentagramów (genitive plural)
pentagramowi (dative singular)
pentagramom (dative plural)
pentagram (accusative singular)
pentagramy (accusative plural)
pentagramem (instrumental singular)
pentagramami (instrumental plural)
pentagramie (locative singular)
pentagramach (locative plural)
pentagramie (singular vocative)
pentagramy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon).

lbor

πεντάγραμμον


saga

la-noun

sāga f (genitive sāgae); first declension

sāga (canonical feminine)
sāgae (genitive)
sāga (nominative singular)
sāgae (nominative plural)
sāgae (genitive singular)
sāgārum (genitive plural)
sāgae (dative singular)
sāgīs (dative plural)
sāgam (accusative singular)
sāgās (accusative plural)
sāgā (ablative singular)
sāgīs (ablative plural)
sāga (singular vocative)
sāgae (plural vocative)

Italian: saga

Substantivisation of the female form of sāgus (“soothsaying”).

a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch

(metonymically) magic, magical phenomena or practitioners, supernatural events


pagan

From Middle English pagan (adjective and noun), from Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic", later "civilian”), replaced Middle English payen from the same root. The meaning "not (Judeo-)Christian" arose in Vulgar Latin, probably from the 4th century. It is unclear whether this usage is derived primarily from the "rustic" or from the "civilian" meaning, which in Roman army jargon meant 'clumsy'. As a self-designation of neopagans, attested since 1990.
Partly displaced native heathen, from Old English hǣþen.

der

This community has a surprising number of pagans.

A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.


shade

en-noun

shade (countable and uncountable, plural shades)

Noun from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, sċadu (“shadow; shade”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (“shadow; shade”). More at shadow.
Verb from Old English sceadwian, derived from sċeadu, above.

inh

Too long have I been haunted by that shade.

The adventurer was attacked by a shade.

Still, Birch House (a sop to the shade of the murdered Perak Resident) had no more than its normal share of flagellation[.]

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39

(chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.


aphetic

(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.


kite

The noun is from Middle English kyte, kīte, kete (“a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus)”), from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-d- (“to cry, screech”). The English word is cognate with Scots kyt, kyte (“kite; bird of prey”), Middle High German kiuzelīn, kützlīn (“owling”) (modern German Kauz (“owl”)). Possibly a doublet of coot.
Sense 3 (“lightweight toy”) is from the fact that it hovers in the air like the bird.
The verb is derived from the noun.

leija

sailing, slang: spinnaker — see also spinnaker

Frequently a kite formation is created by one of the planets in the trine by its opposition to another planet, which allows expulsion and redirection of the pent-up energy associated with a closed circuit.

1992, Erin Sullivan, Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape (Contemporary Astrology), London: Arkana Publishing, pages 144–145

(astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

leija

astrology: certain planetary configuration


hearth

From Middle English herth, herthe, from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd.

Asatru is practised all over Northern Europe and also in North America. Like Druidry, it is organized into bodies with sub-groups, the hearths.

1996, Vivianne Crowley, Thorsons principles of paganism, page 50

Smaller localized groups known as 'hearths' meet regularly, and are comparable, in size and function, with a Wiccan 'Coven' or Druidic 'Grove'.

2003 December 8, Robert J. Wallis, Shamans/neo-Shamans: Ecstasy, Alternative Archaeologies, and Contemporary Pagans, page 102

Neopagan groups take many forms, from Wiccan covens to Druid groves, from Heathen hearths to magical lodges[…]

2004 March 1, Peter Clarke, editor, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, page 768

(Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.


descendant

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

(astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.


Löwe

de-noun

Löwe m (weak, genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, feminine Löwin)

Löwen (genitive)
Löwen (plural)
Löwchen (diminutive neuter)
Löwin (feminine)
Löwe (nominative singular)
Löwen (definite nominative plural)
Löwen (genitive singular)
Löwen (definite genitive plural)
Löwen (dative singular)
Löwen (dative definite plural)
Löwen (accusative singular)
Löwen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lewe, löuwe, lauwe, from Old High German lewo, lēo, from Proto-West Germanic *lewo, *lēwo (“lion”). The spelling -ew- in Middle High German generally represents a diphthong [øy̯(w)], and accordingly the expected form in Modern German is Leu(e) (cf. freuen). The form Löwe with a monophthong and consonantal -w- is most readily explained from a long-vowel variant lēwe, which would correspond to Dutch leeuw.

inh

(astronomy, astrology, singular only, no female or feminine form) Leo


serpiente

Inherited from Latin serpentem, derived from serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Doublet of sierpe. Cognate with English serpent.

snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)


sign

en-noun

sign (countable and uncountable, plural signs)

From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.

teken

a fact that shows that something exists or may happen

նշան

any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols

Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.

merkki

astrological sign — see also astrological sign


octave

From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.

Octave in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Mercury then joins its higher octave and generous counterpart Jupiter early next week, and it opens gates of opportunity.

2016, Kristin Fontana, The Beach Reporter

(astrology) The subjective vibration of a planet.


bouquet

Borrowed from French bouquet. Doublet of bosket.

(cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.


넋

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 넋 (Yale: nèks).

ko-etym-native

(literary, figurative or shamanism) soul; spirit


달

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: tól). Ultimately from Old Korean 月羅理 (Yale: *TOlal-i, where the -i is believed to be the nominative marker).


grimoire

/ˈɡɹɪmˌwɑːɹ/

Borrowed from French grimoire, a variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grammatikós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) + -μᾰ (-ma, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grammar.

refn

Pope Honorius III (allegedly) (1760 [actually 1810?]) Grimoire du Pape Honorius, avec un Recueil des Plus Rares Secrets [Grimoire of Pope Honorius, with a Collection of the Rarest Secrets], Rome [actually Paris?]: [s.n.], →OCLC.

af

ultimately from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*gerbʰ-</i> (“to carve”)

doublet

There is something exceedingly unpleasant in being obliged to answer "No," to a traveller's "Pray, Sir, were you ever abroad?" and to sit mum-chance all the time that he is running over the "grimoire" of outlandish technicalities. For my own part, I am convinced that man is, par excellence, a travelling animal; [...]

1821, “M.” [pseudonym], “The Traveller”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume II (Original Papers), number XII, London: Henry Colburn and Co. […], →OCLC, page 544

One day, a curate of the neighbourhood of Bayeux, who kept up a constant intercourse with the devil, left his grimoire thoughtlessly on the table. His domestic, a lad who was very curious, had long sought an opportunity to open the mysterious book. [...] Scarcely had he pronounced a certain word, which presented itself accidentally to his eyes, when the devil suddenly made his appearance in the form of a great black man, with red eyes, and a terrible mouth. [...] The poor man was nearly dead with fright, and promised readily that he would never again read in the grimoire.

1835 August, “Contes Populaires, Préjugés, Patois, Proverbes, Noms de Lieux, de l’Arrondisement de Bayeux, recueillis et publiés par Frédéric Pluquet. Deuxième Edition, 8vo. Rouen. Londres, Pickering. [book review]”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume IV (New Series), London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, →OCLC, page 159, column 2

The Kabalah for Paracelsus, when it is not something quite fantastic and unimaginable, is a species of practical magic, and here we shall do well to remember that the adept of Hohenheim flourished at a period when, as we have seen, the spurious literature of clavicles and grimoires was fast multiplying.

1902, Arthur Edward Waite, “Book VII: Some Christian Students of the Kabalah”, in The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah, London: The Theosophical Publishing Society, →OCLC, page 353

There is extant among the old Grimoires a prayer attributed to the St. Cyprian of legend, who is possibly the holy Bishop of Carthage: its obscure and figurative expressions may have given credit to the idea that prior to his conversion he was addicted to the deadly practices of Black Magic.

1922, Éliphas Lévi [pseudonym; Alphonse Louis Constant], “Legends”, in Arthur Edward Waite, transl., A History of Magic: Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries … Translated, with a Preface and Notes, 2nd edition, London: William Rider & Son, Limited, […], →OCLC, page 203

Nevertheless, to generations of writers after Independence, the printed word was a kind of magic, the grimoire that would bring about liberation.

1976, Jean Franco, “Preface”, in César Vallejo: The Dialectics of Poetry and Silence, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, page viii

In this conjuration you are calling the spirit and helping the seer to further attune to the spirit so she can see it through the magic mirror. The name of the spirit you are evoking is left blank. Fill it in from one of the spirits listed later in this book or from one of the grimoires.

1994, Donald Michael Kraig, “The Conjuration”, in The Truth about Evocation of Spirits (Llewellyn’s Vanguard Series), St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, page 36

If writing was so important to grimoire magic, what was the effect of the print revolution from the late fifteenth century onwards? [...] While print drained power from the grimoire in terms of its magical integrity, it also empowered it through growing access and social influence. Furthermore, print did not usurp the role of manuscript; the magic latent in the words contained in print grimoires could be reactivated through transcription.

2009, Owen Davies, “Introduction”, in Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, page 5

One well-known grimoire is called The Grand Grimoire, sometimes called The Red Dragon. This book was published sometime between the early 1500s and the 1700s (historians are not sure exactly when). It describes many frightful demons, including their names, habits, and powers. [...] A grimoire called the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum offers similar help. Published around 1583, this book lists 68 demons. It explains the rituals that summon each entity, and also pinpoints the best hours to perform these rituals.

2011, Kris Hirschmann, “Associating with Demons”, in Demons (Monsters and Mythical Creatures), San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, page 46

(occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.


grimoire

→ Catalan: grimori

→ English: grimoire

→ Italian: grimorio

→ Portuguese: grimório

→ Spanish: grimorio

A variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grammatikós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) + -μᾰ (-ma, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action).


世界

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (世界):
* → Japanese: 世(せ)界(かい) (sekai)
* → Okinawan: 世(し)界(けー) (shikē)
* → Korean: 세계(世界) (segye)
* → Vietnamese: thế giới (世界)

→ Zhuang: seiqgyaiq

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛ¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴ t͡ɕiə⁴⁴/

/sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³/

/sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/

/sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/

/sie²¹³⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑi²¹³/

/se²¹⁻⁴² kai²¹/

/se²¹⁻³³ kai²¹/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹/

/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹/

/se¹²⁻⁵³ kai¹²/

/se³¹⁻⁵³ kai³¹/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/

/si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai²¹³/

/sz̩ʷ⁵² kɑ¹¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁴⁵ kai̯⁴⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛ¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴ t͡ɕiə⁴⁴/

/sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³/

/sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/

/sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/

/sie²¹³⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑi²¹³/

/se²¹⁻⁴² kai²¹/

/se²¹⁻³³ kai²¹/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹/

/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹/

/se¹²⁻⁵³ kai¹²/

/se³¹⁻⁵³ kai³¹/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/

/si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai²¹³/

/sz̩ʷ⁵² kɑ¹¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁴⁵ kai̯⁴⁵/

Coined by Buddhist translators (c. 3rd century) to translate Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “world”). In its original Buddhist sense, the word encompassed a range of spatial meanings from a 小世界 (xiǎo shìjiè, “minor world”) with a single sun and moon to the billion-world 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè, “trichiliocosm”). Its modern sense dates from Japanese 世界(せかい) (sekai) re-adaptation of the word in the nineteenth century and it has since largely displaced the classical 天下 (tiānxià, “all-under-Heaven”) in general usage.


世界

From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”). Compare Hokkien 世界 (sè-kài).

世界遺産条約

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

世界一

best in the world, most (adjective) in the world

世界気象機関: the World Meteorological Organization

世界語

universal language, international language

世界自然保護基金: the World Wide Fund for Nature

世界中

throughout the world, all the world, worldwide

世界知的所有権機関: the World Intellectual Property Organization

世界連

in line with the rest of the world, normal

世界労働組合連盟: the World Federation of Trade Unions

there are no leftover women in the world; said particularly to women

世界に余った女は無い: → there is someone for everyone

世界に鬼は無い: → the world is not full of heartless people

and there are many kind souls who will lend a hand

世界は大戯場の如し

the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage

世界は張り物

the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man

世界は回り持ち

the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season

世界半分自惚れしっかり

of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world

世界我が物

the world is one's possession → acting as if one owns the world

万象

all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature


rider

writer (with flapping but without Canadian raising)

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”); equivalent to ride + -er. Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter.

kalorës

one who rides — see also cyclist, driver

fo-fhadhb

math: problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper

(cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.


lav

lȁv (canonical masculine)
ла̏в (Cyrillic)
lȁv (nominative singular)
lȁvovi (nominative plural)
lȁva (genitive singular)
lȁvōvā (genitive plural)
lȁvu (dative singular)
lȁvovima (dative plural)
lȁva (accusative singular)
lȁvove (accusative plural)
lȁve (singular vocative)
lȁvovi (plural vocative)
lȁvu (locative singular)
lȁvovima (locative plural)
lȁvom (instrumental singular)
lȁvovima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.


apogee

perigee

antonym(s) of “a point in an orbit around the Earth”

perigee is the etymological antonym

(antonym(s) of “highest point”): nadir, perigee

From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).

uder

(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.


aspect

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

suunta

position in respect to points of a compass, the sun, etc.

takoto

of the position of land in relation to the sun

Kepler (the Lyncæus of the laſt Age) defines an Aſpect in this manner: Aſpectus eſt Angulus à Radiis Luminoſis binorum Planetarum in terra formatus, efficax ad ſtimulandum naturam ſublunarem. It is (ſaith he) an Angle made in the Earth by the Luminous Beams of two Planets, of ſtrength to ſtir up the vertue of all ſublunary things.

1683, George Wharton, “Of the Planetary Aspects, both Old and New, their Characters, and Æquations”, in John Gadbury, editor, The Works of that Late Most Excellent Philosopher and Astronomer, Sir George Wharton, Bar[onet]. Collected into One Entire Volume, London: Printed by H. H. for John Leigh, at Stationers Hall, →OCLC, page 90

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.


aspect

en-verb

aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)

aspects (present singular third-person)
aspecting (participle present)
aspected (participle past)
aspected (past)

(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.


bole

English: bull

Scots: bul, bull

From a mixture of Old English bula, *bulla, and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô.


cusp

From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology.

bor

(astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.


augur

en-verb

augur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)

augurs (present singular third-person)
auguring (participle present)
augured (participle past)
augured (past)

Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).

to augur well or ill

But there, too, the meteorological omens augured ill.

2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

augurar

to foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events


focal

Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. By surface analysis, focus + -al.

lbor

Choose your focals to blend well with the intention of your magical work or ritual.

2000, Sirona Knight, Celtic Traditions: Druids, Faeries, and Wiccan Rituals, page 193

And no witch leaves behind focals.

2019, Faith Hunter, Circle of the Moon, page 27

I use focals for aura work sometimes.

(Wicca) An object that is used to focus concentration when performing magic.


druid

Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “oak-knower” or “firm knower, great sage”), from either Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) or *drew- (“solid, firm, hard”) and *weyd- (“to see, to have knowledge”).
The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico. The native Celtic word for "druid" is first attested in Latin texts as druides (plural) and other texts also employ the form druidae (akin to the Greek form). Cognate with the later insular Celtic words, Old Irish druí (“druid, sorcerer”) and early Welsh dryw (“seer”).

(fantasy, roleplaying games) A priest or mage who uses magic based on nature or trees.


druid

pl-noun

druid m pers (female equivalent druidka)

druidka (feminine)
druid (nominative singular)
druidzi (nominative plural)
druidy (derogatory nominative plural)
druida (genitive singular)
druidów (genitive plural)
druidowi (dative singular)
druidom (dative plural)
druida (accusative singular)
druidów (accusative plural)
druidem (instrumental singular)
druidami (instrumental plural)
druidzie (locative singular)
druidach (locative plural)
druidzie (singular vocative)
druidzi (plural vocative)

From Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally “oak-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) and *weyd- (“to see”).


octant

(astrology) The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart.


hex

uranium hexafluoride
uranium hexafluoride#English

(chemistry) Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.


leone

it-noun

leone m (plural leoni, feminine leonessa, diminutive leoncèllo or leoncìno)

leoni (plural)
leonessa (feminine)
leoncèllo (diminutive)
leoncìno (diminutive)

(astrology) Leo, the Zodiac sign for the lion, covering July 23 - August 22


wizard

4chan
English Renaissance
Fizban the Fabulous
en:wizard

From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard. A uniquely medieval Anglo-Saxon word with no known cognates in or outside the Germanic family; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until circa 1500s, aligning roughly with the starting English Renaissance.
The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme where virgins who are typically friendless, shy, outcasts, and loners who don't fit in anywhere, legendarily gain magical powers upon reaching 30 years of age; popularized ultimately by 4chan and adjacent online incel spaces.

The wizard conjured up a large fireball.

The wily wizard must be caught.

1697, John Dryden, Translation of Virgil's Georgics

He found himself watching a couple of wizards doing what he at first mistook for the beginning of a dance, and then for a session of tai chi. But suddenly he realized they were signing.

2016 February 2, Diane Duane, Games Wizards Play, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

But that's not what will make her a powerful wizard – more powerful than me, more powerful than Leesha, even more powerful than you.

2021 November 1, Dale Stubbart, The Wizard Without a Wand, Dale Stubbart

Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.


configuration

en-noun

configuration (countable and uncountable, plural configurations)

/kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/

/kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/

/kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹæɪ̯.ʃən/

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō.
Morphologically configure + -ation

konfigurointi

computing: process of customizing a computing environment

The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;

(astrology) The aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.


exaltation

exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations)

From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”).

der

He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.

1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 483

(astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.


divination

en-noun

divination (countable and uncountable, plural divinations)

/ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.


fain

en-verb

fain (third-person singular simple present fains, present participle faining, simple past and past participle fained)

fains (present singular third-person)
faining (participle present)
fained (participle past)
fained (past)

From Middle English fainen, from Old English fæġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną. Doublet of fawn.

(Germanic paganism) to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót.


planchette

(spiritualism) A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)


stang

From Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).

The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]

2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina, Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition, page 87

In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its pretty much /whatever works for you/.

2009 June 22, Yowie, “Sikh Quaker?”, in soc.religion.quaker

These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.

2014 January 8, Ann Moura, Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft, page 7

(Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff.


Yule

From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas

Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).

A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.


Yule

In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.

1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5

(obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas.


女帝

ja-noun

女(じょ)帝(てい) or 女(にょ)帝(たい) • (jotei or nyotai) ^(←ぢよてい (dyotei)?)

女帝 (canonical)
女帝 (canonical)
jotei (romanization)
nyotai (romanization)
dyotei (romanization)
ぢよてい (hiragana historical)

Jinnō Shōtōki
Kitabatake Chikafusa
ja:女帝


leech

From Middle English leche (“physician”), from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), from Proto-West Germanic *lākī, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“doctor”), of disputed origin, but usually thought to be connected with Proto-Celtic (compare Old Irish líaig (“charmer, exorcist, physician”)) and Serbo-Croatian ljèkār, Polish lekarz (“physician, doctor”); perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”).
Cognate with Old Frisian lētza (“physician”), Old Saxon lāki (“physician”), Old High German lāhhi (“doctor, healer”), Danish læge (“doctor, surgeon”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”).

cog

Their functions are threefold, those of the medicine-man (the leech, or healer by supernatural means); of the soothsayer (the prophet through communion with the invisible world); and of the priest, especially in his capacity as exorcist

1900, Augustus Henry Keane, Man, Past and Present, Cambridge: The University Press

In ancient times runesters were a specialized class separate from that of the witch or ordinary spell caster (much as the other specialists such as the leech or healer and the seithkona were different from a witch), and even today many believe it takes years of training to become adept at using the runes in spell work.

1996, Swain Wodening, “Scandinavian Craft Lesson 6: Runic Divination”, Theod Magazine 3 (4)

"Leech?" "Not another doctor".

2003, Brian Froud, Ari Berk, The Runes of Elfland, Pavillion Books, page 22

There are many kinds of "Leech" or "healer" as there are healing techniques, some are more powerful than others and some are very specific to certain illnesses and complaints; some use potions and unguents, others crystals and stones, others galdr and some work their healing from within the hidden realms themselves.

2004, Runic John, The Book of Seidr, Capall Bann Publishing, page 282


bruja

es-noun

bruja f (plural brujas, masculine brujo, masculine plural brujos)

brujas (plural)
brujo (masculine)
brujos (masculine plural)

→ Cebuano: bruha

→ Tagalog: bruha

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).


scythe

From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Immediate Germanic cognates include Middle Low German sēgede, Dutch zicht, Icelandic sigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related with Dutch zeis, German Sense (both “scythe”). Also akin to English saw, which see.
The silent c crept in during the early 15th century owing to pseudoetymological association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor, carver”), from Latin scindere (“to cut, rend, split”).
The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun.


augure

Borrowed from Latin augurium. Doublet of heur.


bewitching

en-adj

bewitching (comparative more bewitching, superlative most bewitching)

more bewitching (comparative)
most bewitching (superlative)

/bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/


augury

en-noun

augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)

/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/

From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.

A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.

تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر

In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.

1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe

Fortunately many of the younger men are keen enough to make a success of their work, and this gives a better augury for the future.

1950 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 549

(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.

Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.

1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!

An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.


Baalist

A worshiper of Baal; a member of the pagan religion of Baalism.


Baalism

A pagan religion centred on the worship of Baal.


perigee

/ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/

From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).

periapsis

closest point in an orbit about a planet

(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.


Odin

→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)

→ Japanese: オーディン

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode.

der

interpretatio germanica
interpretatio germanica

(Norse mythology and paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.


(Christianity, astronomy): A globus cruciger (the globe surmounted by a Christian cross), representing God's or the Church's rule over the redeemed world. Alchemical extension to newly discovered antimony motivated by an attempt to retain an association between the basic metals and the known planets. Astronomical use is reinforced by the graphic similarity to the symbol ⟨♀⟩ for Venus, the planet most similar to Earth.

(astrology, rare) the fictitious planet Proserpina, which one Polish school of astrology identifies as the dwarf planet Eris.


The lunar crescent is an ancient symbol for the moon.
Its orientation varies between increscent and decrescent.

rarely 🌙. In the medieval Marcianus graecus 299 manuscript

(astronomy, astrology, rare) The last quarter of the Moon.


The circle and arrow represent the shield and spear, respectively, of the Ancient Greek god of war Ares (and his Ancient Roman equivalent Mars). In the Medieval era the spear had crossed in front of the shield, and the ancient form lacked the shield altogether.


A simple caduceus (☤) of the Greek god Hermes (and his Roman equivalent Mercury), as seen with a much longer staff in stylized representations of that god e.g. on pottery. The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.


daemon

la-noun

daemōn m (genitive daemonis); third declension

daemōn (canonical masculine)
daemonis (genitive)
daemōn (nominative singular)
daemonēs (nominative plural)
daemonis (genitive singular)
daemonum (genitive plural)
daemonī (dative singular)
daemonibus (dative plural)
daemonem (accusative singular)
daemona (accusative singular)
daemonēs (accusative plural)
daemonas (accusative plural)
daemone (ablative singular)
daemonibus (ablative plural)
daemōn (singular vocative)
daemonēs (plural vocative)

→ Albanian: djemën

Aromanian: demun

→ Catalan: dèmon (learned)

→ English: daemon, demon

→ French: démon

Galician: demo

→ German: Dämon

desctree

→ Old Irish: demon, demun
Irish: deamhan
Scottish Gaelic: deamhan

Italian: demone

Portuguese: demo, demónio/demônio

Translingual: Felis daemon

From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

der

(astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac


ταύρος

head

ταύρος • (távros) m (plural ταύροι, feminine αγελάδα)

távros (romanization)
ταύροι (plural)
αγελάδα (feminine)
ταύρος (nominative singular)
ταύροι (nominative plural)
ταύρου (genitive singular)
ταύρων (genitive plural)
ταύρο (accusative singular)
ταύρους (accusative plural)
ταύρε (singular vocative)
ταύροι (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.


cuadrado

→ Tagalog: kuwadrado


magistra

Meditation has an important part in many witchcraft ceremonies, at least in the coven of which I am the Magistra or leader.

1989, Lois Bourne, Conversations with a Witch, Robert Hale, published 2014

The magnificent Magisters and Magistras, profound Priests and Priestesses, wondrous Witches and Warlocks, astounding Agents, and the ever-inspiring loyal cohort that makes up the Citizenry of our Infernal Empire—you are an aristocracy of achievers, many of whom are cherished friends, and cannot know how very much you each mean to me.

2007, Peter H. Gilmore, The Satanic Scriptures, Scapegoat Publishing, page vi

If only the Magistra and Magister of the Rite are present, then just the Magister shall drink of simulate if fake (ie theatrical) blood is used.

2009, Michael W. Ford, Luciferian Witchcraft – The Book of The Serpent: The Grimoire of The Serpent, 2nd edition, Succubus Publishing, page 308

Just as there are tools and symbols that are specific to the Magistra, the stang is a tool used to represent the Horned God and should be used by the Magister only.

2015, Amaranthus, Feasting from the Black Cauldron, Lulu

Fourth Degrees migrate, Magistras & Magisters administering.

2019, WLLM, Hokkus Satanus, Satan Wants Haikus!, Lee John Press, page 45

My heartfelt appreciation to all of the Church of Satan Magisters, Magistras, Witches, Priests, Priestesses and members who contributed in words and deeds,[…].

2022, Robert Johnson, “Acknowledgments”, in The Satanic Warlock, 2nd edition

(occult, witchcraft, Church of Satan) A female magister.


necromancy

en-noun

necromancy (countable and uncountable, plural necromancies)

Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.

der

νεκρομαντεία

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


illusionist

One who deceives by magical or mystical means.


magi

magi (indefinite nominative singular)
magin (definite nominative singular)
magier (indefinite nominative plural)
magierna (definite nominative plural)
magis (genitive indefinite singular)
magins (definite genitive singular)
magiers (genitive indefinite plural)
magiernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin magia, derived from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía). First attested in 1674.

der+

[Hyltén-Cavallius] exempelsamling stämmer mera med den uppfattningen att all magi är både svart och vit.
[Hyltén-Cavallius'] sample collection is more consistent with the view that all magic is both black and white.

1939, Elin Wägner, “Småländsk magi”, in Tusen år i Småland, page 136


Odinism

Heathenry, Germanic neopaganism, especially a variety devoted to the Norse pantheon.


ház

házak (plural)
ház (nominative singular)
házak (nominative plural)
házat (accusative singular)
házakat (accusative plural)
háznak (dative singular)
házaknak (dative plural)
házzal (instrumental singular)
házakkal (instrumental plural)
házért (causal-final singular)
házakért (causal-final plural)
házzá (singular translative)
házakká (plural translative)
házig (singular terminative)
házakig (plural terminative)
házként (essive-formal singular)
házakként (essive-formal plural)
házban (inessive singular)
házakban (inessive plural)
házon (singular superessive)
házakon (plural superessive)
háznál (adessive singular)
házaknál (adessive plural)
házba (illative singular)
házakba (illative plural)
házra (singular sublative)
házakra (plural sublative)
házhoz (allative singular)
házakhoz (allative plural)
házból (elative singular)
házakból (elative plural)
házról (delative singular)
házakról (delative plural)
háztól (ablative singular)
házaktól (ablative plural)
házé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
házaké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
házéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
házakéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
házam (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
házaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
házad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
házaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
háza (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
házai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
házunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
házaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
házatok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
házaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
házuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
házaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota. Cognates include Estonian kodu, Finnish koti, Moksha куд (kud).

A második házban a Merkúr szerencsét jelentett a kereskedelemben, a hold az ötödik házban számos gyermeket stb., stb.

p. 1920, “A csillagképek, házak és bolygók jelentése”, in Legteljesebb új képes perzsa-egyiptomi nagy álmoskönyv

Mercury in the second house signified good luck in trade, moon in the fifth house meant a great number of children, etc., etc.

(astrology) house (one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart)


magister

Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of maestro, master, and meister.

bor

Coordinate term: magistra

(occult, witchcraft, Church of Satan) The chief male celebrant of a satanic ritual.


mage

From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.

While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa.

c. 1790, Edward Gibbon, On the Position of the Meridional Line, and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancients; republished as The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. […], volume 5, 1814, pages 186–87

(obsolete) Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.


venereal

/vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

(astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.


nativity

en-noun

nativity (countable and uncountable, plural nativities)

From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās (“birth”). See also naïveté.

Accordingly […] he was careful, as befitted a Fellow of the Royal Society, to note the exact nativity of his subjects whenever it could be discovered; in this way he hoped to make possible a scientific comparison of the course of human life with the astrological circumstances of its inception, and thus to arrive at a more exact astrology.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 313

(astrology) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.


self-fulfilling prophecy

self-fulfilling prophecy (plural self-fulfilling prophecies)

Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130

Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them.

2022 January 26, Stephen Roberts, “Top of the stops: our least used stations”, in RAIL, number 949, page 56

A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.


Martian

From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix). The word is cognate with Middle English marcien, marcyan, mercien (“subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike”), Middle French martien (“Martian”) (modern French martien), French Martien (“imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial”), Italian marziano, Latin Mārtiānus (“Martian”), Portuguese marciano, Spanish marciano.

cog

[T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] [T]hey are easily angered, and, for the time being, forget everything in the excess of their violence. The worst Martian type will commit murder before he knows it.

1901, C. de Saint-Germain, “The Planets”, in Practical Astrology: A Simple Method of Casting Horoscopes: […], Chicago, Ill.: Laird & Lee, publishers, →OCLC, pages 83–84

(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.


Martian

Amazing Stories
Frank R. Paul
H. G. Wells
Hubble Space Telescope
The War of the Worlds

[T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] A male Martian is generally a great favorite with the ladies and is apt to be rather quick and unscrupulous in his courtship methods. He is not a sentimental lover. A bad Martian is a loud, fatiguing talker and a braggard.

(astrology) A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.


Marso

Borrowed from Latin Mārs, from Old Latin Māvors. Doublet of marto.

(astronomy, astrology) Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂


brujo

es-noun

brujo m (plural brujos, feminine bruja, feminine plural brujas)

brujos (plural)
bruja (feminine)
brujas (feminine plural)


sorcery

en-noun

sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)

From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.

Sorcery in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)


sorcery

English: sorcery

Scots: sorcery

From Middle French sorcerie, from Old French sorcerie.


kindred

kindred (countable and uncountable, plural kindreds)

From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).

We talked with Jonina about our kindred, Heathenry in the United States, Asatru in Iceland, and the details of our religious practice.[…]

2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods: A Collection of Essays Concerning the Folkway of Our People, page 174

Your chosen kindred or other group is a Venn circle that contains you, but it may not be the same circle as your family.

2013 November 8, Patricia M. Lafayllve, A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 117

Not all, but many people believe that if you're not in a kindred, then you are not a real Norse Pagan or heathen.

2019 May 20, Theodoric Dukka, A Heathen's Guide: Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, page 101

(countable, Germanic paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.


mount

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“I project, I protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons.

the mount of Jupiter

(palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.


zodiaco

Borrowed from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (κύκλος) (zōidiakós (kúklos), literally “circle of small animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), a diminutive of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

der

ζῳδιακός (κύκλος)


ingress

en-verb

ingress (third-person singular simple present ingresses, present participle ingressing, simple past and past participle ingressed)

ingresses (present singular third-person)
ingressing (participle present)
ingressed (participle past)
ingressed (past)

From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.

The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]

1861 December 28, “Almanacs”, in All the Year Round, volume VI

(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign


cartomancy

Compare French cartomancie. See card and -mancy.

These travelling magicians [...] rarely penetrated more deeply into magic than cartomancy, palmistry and the like.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 91

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

aus den Karten lesen.

possibly also: Kartomantie f - but extremely uncommon.


harvest

en-noun

harvest (countable and uncountable, plural harvests)

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognates:
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

inh

(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.


mynydd

mynyddoedd (plural)
mynydd (mutation mutation-radical)
fynydd (mutation mutation-soft)

From Middle Welsh mynyð, from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).


thaumaturgic

Of, or relating to, the working of magic or performance of miracles.

taumatúrgico

of, or relating to, the working of magic or performance of miracles


caballo

es-noun

caballo m (plural caballos, feminine yegua, feminine plural yeguas)

caballos (plural)
yegua (feminine)
yeguas (feminine plural)

Chavacano: caballo

Papiamentu: cabai

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: kuái̱

→ Aymara: kawallu

→ Bikol Central: kabayo

→ Cahuilla: kaváayu

→ Cebuano: kabayo

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kauayoj

→ Central Nahuatl: cahuayoh

→ Chamicuro: kawali

→ Chaná: kuayó, cauáio (uncertain)

→ Chol: cawayuʼ

desc

→ Classical Nahuatl: cahuāllo, caballo, cahualloh, cahuayo, cauallo, cavallo

→ Guaraní: kavaju

→ Ilocano: kabalio

→ Ivatan: kabayu

→ Kapampangan: kabayu

→ Lake Miwok: kawáj

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cahua̱yoj

→ Mapudungun: kawell, kawellu

→ Maranao: kabayo

→ Mbyá Guaraní: kavaju

→ Nivaclé: cuvôyu

→ O'odham: kaviyu

→ Papantla Totonac: kawayu

→ Paraguayan Guaraní: kavaju

→ Pipil: kāwayu

→ Quechua: kawallu

→ Sayula Popoluca: cawa̱yu

→ Seri: caay

→ Tagalog: kabayo

→ Waray-Waray: kabayo

→ Yatzachi Zapotec: cabey

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: kuayu

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: cabayw

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.

inh+

a caballo regalado no le mires el diente


dedicate

From Latin dēdicātus, past participle of dēdicō (“I dedicate, proclaim”).

Glancing at the crowd of onlookers, she said, “I know that service at the dining hall will be over soon”—instantly a few dedicates and all of the novices hurried away—“and some of us here would like to prepare our own meal.” […] Out of sight of the dedicates, she climbed over the short fence and escaped to Winding Circle's biggest library.

2011 September 1, Tamora Pierce, Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book, Scholastic Inc.

Initiation—When a dedicate is seen on all levels to be learning and doing more as they participate in the circle and aids with rituals and/or divination, an initiation is decided on with the priest or priestess and dedicate.

2015 April 8, Dracaena Paxx, The Sacred Spiral: Unlocking Ones Infinite Potential, Xlibris Corporation

Through this rune of compassion, feelings of pain are transferred from the dedicates to Fallion. Lord Despair then proceeds to torture the dedicates so that Fallion would feel the pain of the tortures without being physically harmed[…]

2019 November 14, Charul Palmer-Patel, The Shape of Fantasy: Investigating the Structure of American Heroic Epic Fantasy, Routledge

Rowan Cortak stood with the rest of the dedicates.

2022 September 27, Chad Corrie, The Wizard King Trilogy Boxed Set, Dark Horse Books, page 24

(chiefly fantasy and paganism) One who dedicates themselves, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.


mysticism

en-noun

mysticism (countable and uncountable, plural mysticisms)

From mystic + -ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Compare Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.


prediction

/pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

lbor

(statistics) A probability estimation based on statistical methods.


lily

From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.

(cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.


무

Sino-Korean word from 巫, from the Middle Korean reading 무〯 (Yale: mwǔ).

the hanja entry at 巫 for Sino-Korean compounds of 무

(formal, uncommon) shamanism; in particular, Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of Korea

(formal, uncommon) shaman; priest of Korean shamanism


무

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from Middle Korean 무 (Yale: mwù), 무〯 (Yale: mwǔ).

무역할 무역하다#Korean

무성할 무성하다#Korean

어루만질 어루만지다#Korean

불명할 불명하다#Korean

More information(eumhun reading: 없을 무 (eopseul mu))
(MC reading: 無 (MC mju))(MC reading: 无 (MC mju|mu))(eumhun reading: 굳셀 무 (gutsel mu))
(MC reading: 武 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 춤출 무 (chumchul mu))
(MC reading: 舞 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 무역할 무 (muyeokhal mu))
(MC reading: 貿 (MC muwH))(eumhun reading: 힘쓸 무 (himsseul mu))
(MC reading: 務 (MC mjuH))(eumhun reading: 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))
(MC reading: 茂 (MC muwH))(eumhun reading: 무당 무 (mudang mu))
(MC reading: 巫 (MC mju))(eumhun reading: 천간 무 (cheon'gan mu))
(MC reading: 戊 (MC muwH))(eumhun reading: 안개 무 (an'gae mu))
(MC reading: 霧 (MC mjuH))(eumhun reading: 앵무 무 (aengmu mu))
(MC reading: 鵡 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 말 무 (mal mu))
(MC reading: 毋 (MC mju))(eumhun reading: 이랑 무 (irang mu))
(MC reading: 畝 (MC muwX))(eumhun reading: 어루만질 무 (eorumanjil mu))
(MC reading: 撫 (MC phjuX))(eumhun reading: 거칠 무 (geochil mu))
(MC reading: 蕪 (MC mju))(eumhun reading: 속일 무 (sogil mu))
(MC reading: 誣 (MC mju))(eumhun reading: 엄지 무 (eomji mu))
(MC reading: 拇 (MC muwX))(eumhun reading: 얽을 무 (eolgeul mu))
(MC reading: 繆 (MC mjuw|mjiw|mjiwH|mjuwk))(eumhun reading: 옥돌 무 (okdol mu))
(MC reading: 珷 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 불명할 무 (bulmyeonghal mu))
(MC reading: 嘸)(eumhun reading: 집 무 (jip mu))
(MC reading: 廡 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 포 무 (po mu))
(MC reading: 膴 (MC mju|xu|mjuX))(eumhun reading: 달릴 무 (dallil mu))
(MC reading: 騖 (MC mjuH))(eumhun reading: 춤출 무 (chumchul mu))
(MC reading: 儛 (MC mjuX))(eumhun reading: 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))
(MC reading: 懋 (MC muwH))(eumhun reading: 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))
(MC reading: 楙 (MC maw|muwH))(eumhun reading: 어루만질 무 (eorumanjil mu))
(MC reading: 憮 (MC mju|mjuX))(eumhun reading: 어루만질 무 (eorumanjil mu))
(MC reading: 㒇 (MC mjuX))


tinsel

[t̪in̪ˈs̪æl̠ʲ]

Equivalent to tin (“spirit, soul”) + -sel


widdershins

Ca. 1500, from Middle Low German weddersins (also wēder-, -sinnes), from wed(d)der- (“wither-, against, opposite”) + genitive of sin (“direction, way”).

It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church.

Astronomers cannot help regarding the solar system as a small widdershins universe, because the real movements with which they are familiar are nearly all widdershins: the rotation of the sun on its axis, the rotation and revolution of the earth and the moon, the rotation and revolution of the planets and of most of their satellites.

1946, Herbert McKay, The World of Numbers, Cambridge University Press, →OL, page 45

"'Widdershins, brother!" said Catweazle impatiently. "Widdershins!" "What are you babbling about?" said Carrot. "We must seek protection. Dost not know 'widdershins?" "No," said Carrot. "'Tis beyond belief," said Catweazle, shaking his head. Spreading his arms, the old sorcerer crouched down and began to revolve on the spot. Faster and faster he whirled until he was like a spinning top.

1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, published 1984, page x. 136

Cummer, go ye before, cummer, go ye.
If ye willna go before, cummer, let me.
Ring-a-ring a-widdershins
Linkin' lithely widdershins
Cummer carlin crone and queen
Roun' go we!

The next hour wedge in a counterclockwise (or widdershins) direction, between 8:00 and 7:00 is the 2nd house. The 8:00 line is the cusp of the 2nd house. You continue all around the wheel widdershins until you get to the hour wedge ...

1995, Estelle Daniels, Astrologickal Magick, Weiser Books, page 23

I like to carry the incense widdershins around the room (widdershins being the direction of banishing) and then also run the incense widdershins around windows, doors, and mirrors. You can also do this type of cleansing with a container of ...

2002, Laura Perry, The Wiccan Wellness Book: Natural Healthcare for Mind, Body, and Spirit, Career Press, page 87

They even had a word for it, widdershins, an adaptation of the German word wiederschein, which means “against the sun.” If you walked around a bonfire counterclockwise, or widdershins, you were suspected of harboring a penchant for ...

2005, Melissa Roth, The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World, Government Institutes, page 29

Widdershins are movements around the circle in an anti clockwise dance. Some witches may find it useful to recite the Lord's Prayer Backwards while moving widdershins in the beginning of the Sabbat Rite, this allowing or 'giving permission' ...

2005, Michael Ford, Luciferian Witchcraft, Lulu.com, page 98

In the Dianic tradition, the cast circle is opened in conjunction with valedictions in reverse order, also known as widdershins or counterclockwise, starting with a valediction to earth and moving from north, to west, to south, to east. In the Dianic ...

2007, Ruth Barrett, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 88

The one thing we didn't think of, due in part to our quasi-Gardnerian training, is that one grinds the mill widdershins — counterclockwise, not clockwise. The counterclockwise motion (also called “Moonwise”) churns the energy against ...

2008, Ann Finnin, The Forge of Tubal Cain, Pendraig Publishing, page 55

The contrary way is widdershins, the way in which the witches danced at the Sabbats. The deosil movement affirms the rule of God's law in Nature because it is the Way of the Sun; the widdershins movement repudiates God's rule over Nature ...

2011, Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack, Weiser Books, page 197

Before people started arriving, I began the day as I always did: by sprinkling saltwater widdershins—counterclockwise—around the perimeter of my shop, then smudging deosil—clockwise—with a sage bundle.

2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, page 32


coffin

From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer.