What's the difference between conjuror and nonjuror?

Conjuror


Definition:

  • (n.) One bound by a common oath with others.

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  • (1) mystics, conjurors and clairvoyants, set in France and England during the late 1920s, Magic In The Moonlight harks back to the lamest titles in the Woody filmography.
  • (2) In some cases, scientists would be well advised to consult with such experts as conjurors, when skilled frauds are in a position to mislead them.
  • (3) Iger could end up playing the role of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, serving under the tutelage of Jobs, the 21st-century conjuror who transforms every industry he touches.
  • (4) In the wake of the miracle, in-depth questions about the strategy behind the winning shot and its execution were only natural but felt rather like asking a conjuror how he performs his best magic trick.
  • (5) So Jacob was born in an operating theatre, pulled from the tummy of his sleepy, elated mother like a rabbit from a conjuror's hat.
  • (6) Deller's show is called English Magic , and though he's reluctant to think of himself as such, he is its conjuror-in-chief.

Nonjuror


Definition:

  • (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.

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