witchdom

English

Etymology

From Middle English wicchedome, from Old English wiċċedōm, equivalent to witch +‎ -dom.

Noun

witchdom (countable and uncountable, plural witchdoms)

  1. The exercise of witchcraft or of supernatural powers; witchery
    • 1879, Troubadour [pseudonym], Zarah: A Romaunt of Modern Life, London: Samuel Tinsley & Co., […], →OCLC, page 28:
      Chilled with affright young Zarah felt the sinewy arm, / That had won champion’s belt, now tremble under hers, / As smitten suddenly by witchdom’s with’ring charm.
  2. The world of witches or of witchcraft; witches collectively
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