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# sorceress

noun (plural sorceresses)

«sorceress» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#m1)

### In the lessons

a magic woman in fairy tales, often a witch-like figure who is wise, powerful or wicked; in tales a sorceress is often the one who sets the spell or the test

### Examples

- The sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x1)
- The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x2)
- Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

The Torah commands that a sorceress must not be allowed to live. Isaiah uses "sons of the sorceress" as an insult for people who act like idol-worshippers.

**Interpretation.** Tradition understands this as a very strong ban on witchcraft, and the rabbis limited it to those who really practised harmful magic. Isaiah's words are read as calling the people to turn from such ways.

### Examples

- Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorceress/#x1)
- But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot. (Prophets ISA.57.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorceress/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sorceress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sorceress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sorceress.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sorceress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorceress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sorceress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sorceress.html) on Mova free.