different between practice vs spellwork

English

Etymology

See practise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ækt?s/

Noun

practice (usually uncountable, plural practices)

1. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

   Synonyms: rehearsal, drill, dry run, exercise, training, trial, workout

2. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

3. (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
   • 2016, Raphael Vella, Artist-Teachers in Context: International Dialogues, Springer (?ISBN), page 53

     Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.

4. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

   Synonym: general practice

5. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
6. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

   Synonyms: custom, habit, pattern, routine, wont, wone

7. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

   Antonym: theory

8. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

9. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

10. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Usage notes

British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English spelling distinguishes between practice (noun) and practise (verb), analogously with advice/advise. In American English, the spelling practice is commonly used for both noun and verb.

Derived terms

Related terms

• practic
• practicable
• practical
• practitioner

Translations

Verb

practice (third-person singular simple present practices, present participle practicing, simple past and past participle practiced)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of practise

Derived terms

• practiced
• practicing

Further reading

• practice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?prak.ti.ke/, [?p?äkt??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?prak.ti.t??e/, [?p??kt?it???]

Adjective

practice

1. vocative masculine singular of practicus

English

Alternative forms

• spell work, spell-work

Etymology

spell +? work

Noun

spellwork (uncountable)

1. Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
   • 1994, Edain McCoy, A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk, ?ISBN, p. 116:

     All spellwork with faeries should be done within the safe confines of your circle, with the faeries just outside its perimeter.

   • 2009, Louie Jerome, Peter and the Black Dog, ?ISBN, p. 46:

     I did have a passing interest in Wicca, but once I realized that spell work was involved, I stopped.

2. The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
   • 1993, "Celtic Magic by D. J. Conway" (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the Faerie Realm, ?ISBN, p. 224:

     There is also an in-depth discussion of Celtic deities and the Celtic way of life and worship, so that an intermediate practitioner can expand upon the spellwork to build a series of magical rituals.

   • 2001, Richard A. Knaak, Legacy of Blood, ?ISBN, p. 82:

     The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage.

Hyponyms

• (magical practice): charmwork, wandwork

Related terms

• spellbook
• spellcraft
• spellfire
• spellcaster
• spellcasting