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conjurations

noun

plural of conjuration
1
as in spells
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power the preposterous claim that he could raise the spirits of the dead with a mystical conjuration

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2
as in appeals
an earnest request a conjuration for divine guidance during a time of national crisis

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjurations
  1. spells
  2. appeals
  3. incantations
  4. prayers
  5. invocations
  6. pleas
  7. petitions
Noun
  • Dylan Malicheff was appointed as the new head coach of the Forest B team over the summer, following recent spells with Club Brugge and Anderlecht.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Shakeel and Masood got relief when Robinson and Archer finished their spells and took fighting runs from Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of spells
Noun
  • Tellingly, there were no appeals of any significant volume from Gusto, his team-mates or the home supporters.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Roof’s appeals will probably continue for years, and just the experience of seeing further news stories about him brings back all of the horror of his violence, renewing our wounds.
    — Sharon Risher, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeals
Noun
  • The Hoodoo tradition presumes a belief in a supernatural or spirit world that can be called upon for assistance, often through charms and incantations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Halloween Horror Nights fans will encounter demonic forces when Book of the Dead incantations are read aloud inside the newest Evil Dead haunted house coming to Universal Studios Hollywood.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 July 2026
Definition of incantations
Noun
  • The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Texans joined hands, whispered prayers - and some armed themselves, bought supplies and waited.
    — Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of prayers
Noun
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
  • Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of invocations
Noun
  • Clancy was tried in a Massachusetts court of law, one of the few venues where defendants such as Clancy enjoy the presumption of proof for pleas of insanity, once they are allowed to make such a plea.
    — Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Hayes entered Alford pleas and received a deferred disposition with two years of supervised probation.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pleas
Noun
  • And residents have banded together with the power of clipboard petitions, homemade T-shirts and Facebook groups.
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of petitions
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“Conjurations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjurations. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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