"spellwork" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1994, Edain McCoy, A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk, page 116",
          "text": "All spellwork with faeries should be done within the safe confines of your circle, with the faeries just outside its perimeter.",
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          "ref": "2009, Louie Jerome, Peter and the Black Dog, page 46",
          "text": "I did have a passing interest in Wicca, but once I realized that spell work was involved, I stopped.",
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        "Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex."
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          "ref": "1993, \"Celtic Magic by D. J. Conway\" (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the Faerie Realm, p. 224",
          "text": "There is also an in-depth discussion of Celtic deities and the Celtic way of life and worship, so that an intermediate practitioner can expand upon the spellwork to build a series of magical rituals."
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          "ref": "2001, Richard A. Knaak, Legacy of Blood, page 82",
          "text": "The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage.",
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        "The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell."
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        },
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