magery

English

Etymology

From mage +‎ -ery.

Noun

magery (countable and uncountable, plural mageries)

1. The practice of a mage; magic, sorcery.
   • 1969, Avram Davidson, Peregrine: Primus‎^[1], Wildside Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 44:

     Odd, […] very odd. Though, else my magery is worthless, we shall see odder yet, for these be odd times.

   • 1990, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu‎^[2], →ISBN, page 32:

     Village witches, though they might know many spells and charms and some of the great songs, were never trained in the High Arts or the principles of magery.

   • 2005, Susan Carpenter, Curse of the Lyrestone, page 165:

     The memories began anew, and his need for the surge of magery within him drove him on.

Anagrams

• gaymer, meagry

Middle English

Noun

magery

1. Alternative form of maugre [14th–15th c.]