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Meaning of hocus pocus by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

hocus pocus
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In the Anglo-Saxon world it is the expression used by magicians in the processes of enchantment, bewitchment or prestidigitation, equivalent to our abracadabra, potagia magic or jamalají-jamalajá. According to some, it is a burlesque imitation of hoc est corpus meum, an expression used by Catholic priests in the consecration of the Mass to turn the bread into the body of Christ.

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