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Definition of Grimoires
1. grimoire [n] - See also: grimoire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grimoires
Literary usage of Grimoires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah by Arthur Edward Waite (1902)
"These manuscripts, generally known under the name of Clavicles, are the basis of
all the old grimoires which circulate in country places (the Great and ..."
2. Satan's Drummers by Sananda (1995)
"According to the grimoires, this could be either a goat tied firmly upright in
a chair with a lighted black candle between its horns or a large black cat ..."
3. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"In France these books were called " grimoires;'' and in other countries " the
devil's alphabet." That which I saw contained only four leaves in almost ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1908)
"... Levi's Dogme et rituel de la haute magie and thé grimoires will supply a fully
sufficient source of information on the subject. Before giving details of ..."
5. The Bookman (1899)
"Of the ancient works, the "grimoires," the apocryphal manuals of Solomon and
Merlin, of popes and anti-popes,—the books so greatly in demand during former ..."
6. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"... subliminal field which accompanies it—concealed from the profane by a mass of
confusing allegoric and verbiage—form the backbone of all grimoires and ..."
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