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Definition of Cagliostro
1. Noun. Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795).
Generic synonyms: Magician, Necromancer, Sorcerer, Thaumaturge, Thaumaturgist, Wizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagliostro
Literary usage of Cagliostro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and by Thomas Bayly Howell (1817)
"Will any friend to liberty blame comte de cagliostro, after ten months imprisonment
in a dungeon, for having his (meaning the said comte de cagliostro's) ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1903)
"Fascinated with the subject of magic and magicians, I visited the Bibliothèque
Nationale and dipped into the literature on cagliostro. ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1871)
"cagliostro. Does he look happy or sad, and how is he dressed ? The Child. ...
cagliostro. Ask him by a token, yes or no, to reply to my thoughts. The Child. ..."
4. World Revolution: The Plot Against Civilization by Nesta Helen Webster (1921)
"Bulau adds that it was cagliostro who brought about the admission of Jews to the
masonic lodges. cagliostro himself pretended to know nothing of his origin, ..."
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