Prestigiation

Pres`tig`i`a´tion


n.1.Legerdemain; prestidigitation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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8,904,615 + 1,072,184 = 4,812,701 + 5,164,098 "Now that my powers of prestigiation have warmed up," resumes the magician, "I think I may be ready to undertake a much greater challenge, namely, correctly completing the same palindromical equation with all eight-digit addends this time--an order of magnitude increase in difficulty!
The old palindromical equations trick
The "juggler" was what we today refer to as the "conjuror" involved in legerdemain, sleight of hand or prestigiation.
Hocus pocus junior: further confirmation of its author
Other terms were "tregetry, legerdemaine, prestigiation, ...
Philip Butterworth. Magic on the Early English Stage

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