- sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
--1 is a kind of magic
--1 has particulars:witchcraft, witchery; enchantment, bewitchment; diabolism, demonism, Satanism; obiism Derived forms: verb sorcerize1, verb sorcerise1