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单词 prestigiation
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prestigiationn.

Brit. /prɛˌstɪdʒɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /prɛˌstɪdʒiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s– prestigiation, 1600s praestigiation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praestigiat- , praestigiare , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praestigiat-, past participial stem of praestigiare prestigiate v. + -ion suffix1; compare -ation suffix.
Now rare.
The practice of sorcery or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring, prestidigitation; an instance of this.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]
wielingeOE
wielOE
craftOE
witchcraftOE
witchdomOE
telingc1230
demerlaykc1275
dweomercraeftc1275
sorcerya1300
magicc1387
maleficec1390
jugglerya1400
precination1503
witchery1546
maleficiousness1547
prestigiation?c1550
wizardry1583
magie1592
dark art1613
prestigion1635
conjurement1645
magomancy1652
wizardism1682
thaumaturgy1727
warlockry1818
witchwork1827
brujería1838
wizardship1882
trolldom1891
mojo1923
pixie dust1951
witchering1956
old religion1964
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun]
colea1307
jugglingc1380
tregetryc1380
jugglerya1400
tregettingc1440
legerdemaina1450
jocularya1500
conveyance1531
prestigiation?c1550
conjuring1577
figgum1631
prestigion1635
sleight of handa1640
hocus-pocus1647
sleight1664
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgy1727
conjurationa1734
ventriloquism1797
magic1831
prestidigitation1841
hocus1854
conjury1855
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. ii. 83 Least thei might..bee envegeled with the sorceres and prestigiation [L. praestigiis] of devels.
1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xxiii. 37 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Examples..of fascinations, incantations, prestigiations, of philtres, spells, charmes, sorceries, characters and such like.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 338 If such a thing come to pass by the Devil's mists and devices, then it is præstigiation or delusion.
1744 J. Ralph Astrologer i. i. 14 I mean the Art of Prestigiation, or making one Object pass for another.
1863 J. P. Thompson Sergeant's Memorial 43 His ready fingers..would acquire the complicated arts of prestigiation.
1885 St. James's Gaz. 20 June At Piccadilly Hall..To-day. Séances of Prestigiation, Mesmerism, and Thought Transmission.
1924 C. H. Haskins Stud. Hist. Mediaeval Sci. xiii. 286 Those magic arts..which no Christian can rightly practise—geomancy, hydromancy,..incantations, prestigiation, etc.
1963 C. Jacobson & B. Grundfest Schoepf tr. C. Lévi-Strauss Structural Anthropol. 175 His narrative recounts the details of his first lessons, a curious mixture of pantomime, prestigiation and empirical knowledge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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