abracadabra

abracadabra englannista suomeksi

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1. abrakadabra

abracadabra englanniksi

1. A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. (defdate)

2. (quote-book) Can anyone believe that we, by any amendments of ours, by any of our scribbling on that parchment, by any amulet, any legerdemain—charm—Abrecadabra—of ours can prevent our sons from doing the same thing—that is, from doing as they please, just as we are doing as we please? It is impossible. Who can bind posterity?

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4. jumbo|Mumbo jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon. (defdate)

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5. (quote-book)|title=Religion and the Decline of Magic|publisher=Folio Society 2012|page=335|passage=Astrology was not specifically banned in the statutes against witchcraft, but so long as its technicalities remained abracadabra to the lay public there was always a risk that the practitioner might find himself arrested for sorcery.

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8. abracadabra

9. an unspecified magical formula

10. a mystical word from kabbalism

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