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Word: seership (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

District Attorney Burke was slightly baffled at first. If Mrs. Cordova was a witch-even an unsuccessful witch-what could he do about it? He set a deputy to searching the statutes, discovered that a law prohibiting palmistry, mesmerism and seership also made "crafty sciences" illegal. Promptly he jailed Mrs. Cordova; just as promptly she got out-by muttering Spanish phrases, throwing dark glances and posting $1,000 bail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Broomless Bruja | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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