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goetic.

Adjective
HorrorLiterary
MEANING

Relating to magic that seeks to summon or work through spirits or demons.

Use it for

historical demon-conjuring traditions; a ritual framed as spirit invocation; occult manuals and practices; a fictional attempt to command a supernatural entity

Words that belong together

  • goetic magic
  • a goetic ritual
  • goetic spirits

On the page

The notebook described a goetic ritual in the dry language of a household recipe.
She recognized the names from a goetic text but not the order in which they appeared.

Nearby words

spirit-conjuring

Related words

goetiaconjurationceremonial magic
Word forms
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goetic

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Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Non-gradable relational adjective; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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