Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voces magicae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vo-ces -mag-i-cae
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.

Example Sentences

"After that follow 5 passages, all introduced by the anaphorical “You are…” (sy ei) and separated from each other by voces magicae."
"Bonner contends that while the two might have sounded similar, glossolalia was “spontaneous, unmediated utterance”, while the voces magicae consisted of carefully transmitted, stereotypical formulas."
"Jewish authors took over the voces magicae in particular, on a large scale, and with them the associated tradition of making geometric shapes out of words to combine the power of texts and mathematics."

Etymology

From Latin vōcēs magicae (“magic words”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vōcēs

Questions

What does voces magicae mean?: Magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.
Where does voces magicae come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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