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Grimoires | Grimoire

Grimoires meaning

plural of grimoire

Using Grimoires

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of grimoire
  • In the example corpus, grimoires often appears in combinations such as: as grimoires, grimoires in, grimoires particularly.

Context around Grimoires

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cases 1× purchase 1× older 1×

Often after:

particularly 2×

Sentence patterns with Grimoires

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are not grimoires such as 1× confiscated many grimoires 1× found with grimoires particularly demonological 1× from older grimoires particularly those 1× game s grimoires to edward 1× like most grimoires of this 1× many cases grimoires were found 1× of as grimoires not all 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also books of 1× davies 2009 1 1× davies 2009 37 1× in doing so 1× in many cases 1× in this manner 1×

Common sentence endings:

an influential text 1× character john carnby 1× confiscated many grimoires 1× further propagate them 1× magical books should 1× possessions and destroyed 1×

Words around Grimoires

Just before it in the word index:

grimoire 20 grimoard 5 grimness 11 grimmway 2 grimmsnarl 2 grimms 14

Just after it in the word index:

grimond 4 grimsby 190 grimshaw 48 grimsley 15 grimson 5 grimstad 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Grimoires

  • In this selection, "grimoires" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cases, purchase, older and particularly stand out and add context to how "grimoires" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are not grimoires such as and confiscated many grimoires. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "grimoires" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with grimoires

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In doing so, they confiscated many grimoires. (7 words)

In many cases, grimoires were found in the heretics' possessions and destroyed. (12 words)

Like most grimoires of this period, it dealt with (among other things) how to discover treasure. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Davies (2009:1) In many cases, the books themselves are believed to be imbued with magical powers, though in many cultures, other sacred texts that are not grimoires (such as the Bible ) have been believed to have supernatural properties intrinsically. (40 words)

This can be seen throughout the game with nods to Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, including Necronomicon and De Vermis Mysteriis references in the game’s Grimoires, to Edward Carnby’s name, which pays homage to Mythos character John Carnby. (39 words)

Davies (2009:37) Early modern period As the early modern period commenced in the late 15th century, many changes began to shock Europe that would have an effect on the production of grimoires. (33 words)

Example sentences (12)

This can be seen throughout the game with nods to Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, including Necronomicon and De Vermis Mysteriis references in the game’s Grimoires, to Edward Carnby’s name, which pays homage to Mythos character John Carnby.

Also, books of spells were referred to as "grimoires" in the past which is another way of saying "grammar" and to cast a spell means simply to spell.

Davies (2009:1) In many cases, the books themselves are believed to be imbued with magical powers, though in many cultures, other sacred texts that are not grimoires (such as the Bible ) have been believed to have supernatural properties intrinsically.

Davies (2009:37) Early modern period As the early modern period commenced in the late 15th century, many changes began to shock Europe that would have an effect on the production of grimoires.

In doing so, they confiscated many grimoires.

In many cases, grimoires were found in the heretics' possessions and destroyed.

In this manner while all books on magic could be thought of as grimoires, not all magical books should.

Like most grimoires of this period, it dealt with (among other things) how to discover treasure.

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Many of those interested in the esoteric traveled from Roman Catholic nations to Switzerland to purchase grimoires or to study with occultists.

Several published extracts of such grimoires in their own books on the history of magic, thereby helping to further propagate them.

Sometimes, those found with grimoires, particularly demonological ones, were prosecuted and dealt with as witches but, in most cases, those accused had no access to such books.

The Magus contained many things taken from older grimoires, particularly those of Cornelius Agrippa, and while not achieving initial popularity upon release, gradually became an influential text.

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Common combinations with grimoires

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "grimoires" in a sentence?
An example: "This can be seen throughout the game with nods to Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, including Necronomicon and De Vermis Mysteriis references in the game’s Grimoires, to Edward Carnby’s name, which pays homage to Mythos character John Carnby." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "grimoires" from authentic English texts.
What does "grimoires" mean?
Grimoires means: plural of grimoire
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