Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book of magical knowledge, especially one containing spells.
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- noun A book of instructions in the use of
magic oralchemy , especiallysummoning demons .
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- noun a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons)
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is currently working on a "grimoire", or black-magic handbook, called The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic.
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Anna tells Damon that his father had the grimoire and points out that they both want the tomb opened.
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Damon and Stefan explain the grimoire to her and then they discuss the mystery vampire from the dance.
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Then she unwittingly becomes the host for demonic magic sealed in a grimoire she finds at an estate sale.
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Present also was that rare grimoire the Nan-quo, which told of such as as the Mohicans had relayed of chitinous mountain monsters when first they had congress with the Dutch south of Fort Orange.
Perquampi Andrew Edwards 2011
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At the Salvatore house, Damon is reading the grimoire and Stefan tells him that Anna took Elena.
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I remember pouring over the charts like they were some ancient grimoire.
Phew! Cazzab 2008
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In addition to the title novelette, The Great Bazaar and Other Stories contains a number of scenes not included in The Painted Man published in the US as The Warded Man as well as a glossary and a grimoire, making it an essential guide to one of the most exciting epic fantasy series currently being published.
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He had made $120,000 dollars in total from acquiring the grimoire for Thule, once he had paid off the subagent in Brussels.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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I remember pouring over the charts like they were some ancient grimoire.
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seanahan commented on the word grimoire
More than a book of magic, it is a book of black magic, containing evil spells or spells of necromancy.
February 7, 2007