incantation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCANTA'TION, noun [Latin incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.] The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits.
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