necromancy
Divination involving the dead or deathDivination involving the dead or death.
» Since necromancy hasn't been outlawed yet, Tom and his friends are going on a trip to the graveyard.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Divination involving the dead or death.
1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy and nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
Totenbeschwörung, Nekromantie, Totenorakel
некрома́нтияnekromántija
некрома́нтіяnekromántija
conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
(countable, uncountable)Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
(Internet, countable, uncountable)Synonym of necroposting.
Examples
2 sentencesSince necromancy hasn't been outlawed yet, Tom and his friends are going on a trip to the graveyard.
The Northmen believed in giants and dwarfs; in wizzards and fairies; in necromancy and enchantments; as well as the Oriental natives.
Translations
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Origin
Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval LaCirca 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.
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Forms
plural: necromanciesSynonyms
4 synonyms- the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world:sorceryblack magicblack art
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable