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Necromancy

Necromancy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Necromancy? [n] conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying Synonyms \| Synonyms for Necromancy: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Necromancy: alchemy \| bewitchery \| bewitchment \| charm \| divination \| enchantment \| fetishism \| glamour \| gramarye \| hoodoo \| juju \| jujuism \| magic \| mediumism \| natural magic \| obeah \| rune \| seance \| shamanism \| sitting \| sorcery \| sortilege \| spell \| spellbinding \| spellcasting \| spirit \| spiritism \| spiritualism \| sympathetic magic \| thaumaturgia \| thaumaturgics \| thaumaturgism \| thaumaturgy \| theurgy \| vampirism \| voodoo \| voodooism \| wanga \| white magic \| witchcraft \| witchery \| witchwork \| wizardry See Also \| divination \| foretelling \| fortune telling \| soothsaying Necromancy In Webster's Dictionary \Nec"ro*man`cy\, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. nigromance, F. n['e]cromance, n['e]cromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. ?; ? a dead body (akin to L. necare to kill, Skr. na(?) to perish, vanish) + ? divination, fr. ? diviner, seer, akin to E. mania. See {Mania}, and cf. {Internecine}, {Noxious}. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art.] The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See {Black art}. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy plac[`e]d there. --Drayton.

Necromancy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Necromancy?

[n] conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

Synonyms | Synonyms for Necromancy:

See Also | divination | foretelling | fortune telling | soothsaying

Necromancy In Webster's Dictionary

\Nec"ro*man`cy\, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie,
OF. nigromance, F. n['e]cromance, n['e]cromancie, from L.
necromantia, Gr. ?; ? a dead body (akin to L. necare to kill,
Skr. na(?) to perish, vanish) + ? divination, fr. ? diviner,
seer, akin to E. mania. See {Mania}, and cf. {Internecine},
{Noxious}. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger
black. Hence the name black art.]
The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended
communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in
general; conjuration; enchantment. See {Black art}.

      This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy
      plac[`e]d there.                         --Drayton.

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