conjuration

1. 1.

   a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

   Synonymsincantation

   Broaderspell

   Narrowerinvocation
2. 2.

   calling up a spirit or devil

   Synonymsconjuringconjuryinvocation

   Broadermagic

   Narrowerevocation
3. 3.

   an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

   Synonymsmagic trickconjuring tricktrickmagiclegerdemainthaumaturgyillusiondeception

   Broaderperformance

   Narrowercard trickprestidigitation

Other forms of conjuration

plural

conjurations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conjuration

What does conjuration mean?

conjuration means "a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conjuration?

conjuration has 5 syllables: con-ju-ra-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for conjuration?

Close synonyms include incantation, conjuring, conjury, invocation, magic trick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conjuration a common word?

conjuration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.