CONJURATION, CONJURE, CONJURING, CONJUROR
ADJECTIVES
1588 — PRESTIGIATORY conjuring, juggling; practising ‘prestigiation’; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive → obs.
1861 — PRESTIDIGITATORIAL resembling a conjuring trick; done by prestidigitation
NOUNS
1300 — NECROMANCY conjuration, magic, enchantment
1400 — JUGGLERY pretended magic or witchcraft; conjuring, legerdemain
1400 — LEGERDEMAIN conjuring tricks, jugglery; sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye
1550 — PRESTIGIATION sorcery or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring, prestidigitation
1560 — NECROMANTY conjuration, magic, enchantment → obs.
1615 — PRESTIGY an illusion; a conjuring trick; a deception, an imposture → obs.
1635 — PRESTIGION sorcery or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring, prestidigitation → obs.
1656 — PRESTIGE an illusion; a conjuring trick; a deception, an imposture
1687 — ABRACADABRA a pretended conjuring word; a meaningless word of mysterious sound; jargon, gibberish
1742 — NECROMANTICS conjuring tricks
1841 — PRESTIDIGITATION sleight of hand, legerdemain; conjuring
1892 — JADOO conjuring, magic, hocus-pocus → Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
1893 — TRICK an act of conjuration; an object used in such an act → Amer. dial.
1930 — GIMMICK a conjuror’s trick → magicians’ usage
1967 — GRIS-GRIS the body of knowledge, system, or practice of conjuration or magic; a medium of luck → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1100 — JUGGLER one who works marvels by the aid of magic or witchcraft, a magician, a wizard, a sorcerer; one who plays tricks by sleigh of hand; a performer of legerdemain; a conjurer
1300 — NECROMANCER a conjuror, a wizard, a magician; one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead
1303 — NECROMANCIEN a conjuror, a wizard, a magician; one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead → obs.
1535 — CALKER a conjuror, a magician, an astrologer; a calculator of nativities, etc. → obs.
1574 — NECROMANTIC a conjuror, a wizard, a magician; one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead → obs.
1598 — NECROMANT a conjuror, a wizard, a magician; one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead → obs.
1607 — NECROMANTIST a conjuror, a wizard, a magician; one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead → obs.
1614 — PRESTIGIATOR a conjuror; one who practices prestigiation
1616 — CUNNING WOMAN a fortune-teller, a conjuror, a witch → obs.
1695 — LEGERDEMAIN a conjuror, a sleight-of-hand performer → obs.
..18C — ADEPT a conjuror → sl.
..E18 — AUTEM-GOGGLER • AUTEM-GOGLER a conjuror, a fortune-teller → UK criminals’ sl.
1712 — CUNNING MAN a fortune-teller, a conjuror; a wizard → obs.
1712 — PRESTIDIGITATOR a person who practices sleight of hand or legerdemain; a conjuror; a juggler
1721 — WARLOCK a conjuror, a magician → Sc.
1800 — LEGERDEMAINIST a conjuror, a performer of legerdemain
1860 — HANKY-PANKY BLOKE a conjuror → theatrical sl.
1881 — WISE MAN a conjuror (Bk.)
1938 — DOCTOR LADY a woman skilled at conjuration, voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → Amer. dial.
1943 — DOCTOR WOMAN a woman skilled at conjuration, voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1567 — QUENGER to conjure → obs.