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black art

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black art
n.
Black magic; witchcraft.
black art
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems)
the another name for black magic
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Noun1.black artblack art - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black magic, necromancy, sorcery
magic, thaumaturgy - any art that invokes supernatural powers
witchcraft, witchery - the art of sorcery
bewitchment, enchantment - a magical spell
demonism, diabolism, Satanism - a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
obiism - belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies


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The local witch-doctor, knowing his own medicine better than any other knew it, was jealous of all other pretenders to accomplishments in the black art.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For her own part, she had reason to believe that he practised animal magnetism, and, if such things were in fashion nowadays, should be apt to suspect him of studying the Black Art up there in his lonesome chamber.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
, was under the constant necessity of referring for advice and support to a sage volume entitled The Complete British Family Housewife, which she would sit consulting, with her elbows on the table and her temples on her hands, like some perplexed enchantress poring over the Black Art.
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