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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Warlock
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a wizard, sorcerer or magician (see Magic). The word in O. Eng. is wchrloga, literally "a liar against the truth," from w/er, truth, cognate with Lat. verism (cf. Ger. wahr), and loga, liar, from Mogan, to lie (cf. Ger. liigen). It was thus used with the meaning of a traitor, deceiver, a breaker of a truce. In M. Eng. it is found as a name for the devil (warloghe), the arch liar and deceiver. The use of the word for a sorcerer or wizard, one whose magic powers are gained by his league with the devil, seems to be a northern English or Scottish use.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Warlock'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/warlock.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Warlock'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/warlock.html. 1910.
