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grimoire

[ greem-wahr ]

noun

  1. a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.


grimoire

/ ɡriːmˈwɑː /

noun

  1. a textbook of sorcery and magic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grimoire1

First recorded in 1850–60; from French, alteration of grammaire “grammar,” from Old French gramaire; grammar
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grimoire1

C19: from French, altered from grammaire grammar ; compare glamour
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Example Sentences

The Garden of Cyrus, with its arcane explorations of botany and geometry, may as well be an alchemical treatise or a grimoire.

From the same source we have the French corruption grimoire, "a booke of conjuring" (Cotgrave).

An alternative method provided by the Grimoire is to take an unspotted egg, and expose it to the meridian rays of the sun.

The pretended sorcerers had their "grimoire" and the judges had their sorcerer's code.

The first object that caught his attention, was a large grimoire, or book of spells, which lay open on the philosopher's desk.

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