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Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus."


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This page presents the quote "Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, &quot;Hoc est corpus,&quot; were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as &quot;Hocus-pocus.&quot;". Author of this quote is John Richard Green. This quote is about corpus, people, cunning, consecration, hocus pocus, nicknames, attorney,.