witchdom means the exercise of witchcraft or of supernatural powers; witchery. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Why “witchdom” is a great word
WITCHDOM — [Noun] The realm, practice, or collective body of witches and witchcraft. From Middle English wicchedome, from Old English wiċċedōm, equivalent to witch (a practitioner of magic) + -dom (a suffix denoting state, condition, or domain). Unlike "witchery," which centers on the act or influence of magic, or "coven," which specifies a gathered, organized circle, witchdom is the vast and shadowed country of which any coven is but a single village. It is the unspoken sovereignty of the hedge-walker at her lonely crossroads, the inherited library of forbidden correspondences, and the silent recognition passing between strangers in a market crowd—a sovereignty found not in crowns but in solitude and strange craft.
Etymology
From Middle English wicchedome, from Old English wiċċedōm, equivalent to witch + -dom.
noun
- The exercise of witchcraft or of supernatural powers; witchery“Chilled with affright young Zarah felt the sinewy arm, / That had won champion’s belt, now tremble under hers, / As smitten suddenly by witchdom’s with’ring charm.”
- The world of witches or of witchcraft; witches collectively