witchdom
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English wicchedome, from Old English wiċċedōm, equivalent to witch + -dom.
Noun edit
witchdom (countable and uncountable, plural witchdoms)
- The exercise of witchcraft or of supernatural powers; witchery
- 1879, Troubadour [pseudonym], Zarah: A Romaunt of Modern Life, London: Samuel Tinsley & Co., […], →OCLC, page 28:
- Chilled with affright young Zarah felt the sinewy arm, / That had won champion’s belt, now tremble under hers, / As smitten suddenly by witchdom’s with’ring charm.
- The world of witches or of witchcraft; witches collectively