occultists

Definition of occultistsnext
plural of occultist

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Noun
  • The land of sorcerers, dragons and savagery played out across eight gripping series, drawing millions of viewers into the fictional worlds of Westeros, Essos, and beyond.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
  • For the most part, the initial sorcerers who make agentic AI a workplace standard will be chief information officers, chief technology officers, and businesspeople who have a deep understanding of technology.
    Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Musicians, face painters, magicians, caricature artists, and aerial acrobats show off their creativity and entertain the masses.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Again, sourced by the archival magicians Raffe Vintage.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Fans of dark storytelling will find cruel necromancers, derelict mansions and strange alchemies in this page-turning epic.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Wizards, or mages (as the group has commonly referred to Eleven), develop their powers using arcane magic to cast powerful spells.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Yennefer is now spearheading a new alliance of mages and elves operating out of The Lodge.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Their conjurers, who refuse to accept the rules of the real world, can also be great fun to read about.
    Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Dakota Johnson plays a young dancer who finds herself in a German company run by witches, including Tilda Swinton as the austere Madame Blanc.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
  • James Franco headlined the film in the title role opposite Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as the witches of Oz.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The forecaster who makes the most accurate predictions, as early as possible, can earn a cash prize and, perhaps more important, the esteem of the world’s most talented seers.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.
    Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
  • All evidence shows that Chee and Manuelito have engaged in carnal intimacy as the prophets foretold.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
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