alchymy
/ˈælkəmi/
noun
- An older spelling of alchemy, meaning the medieval science of transforming metals or any seemingly magical transformation.
- In Renaissance texts, alchymy was often written with a 'y' at the end.
- The old manuscript used the spelling 'alchymy' instead of the modern 'alchemy'.
- Historians note that the spelling 'alchymy' was common in 16th-century English.