Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sorcery

Sorcery , noun

[Old English sorcerie, Old French sorcerie, from Old French & French sorcier a sorcerer, Late Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis, a lot, decision by lot, fate, destiny. See Sort, n.]

Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
Adder's wisdom I have learned, To fence my ear against thy sorceries. — Milton