notory

adj

notory

adj

UK /ˈnəʊtəɹi/

Etymology From Late Latin notorius, variant form of notarius (“notary”).

1

Archaic, Historical Pertaining to magical signs or symbols.

  • Most clergy […] asserted the futility of the notory art, on the grounds that it was impossible for men to make contact with the spiritual world.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 260:

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