necromancy
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necromancy
- /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/
Where it comes from
Circa 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.
noun necromancies · necyomancy · egromancy
- Divination involving the dead or death. And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
- Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
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Synonym of necroposting.
Similar: necroposting
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noun divination involving the dead
| Español | nigromancia, necromancia, necromancía, nigromancía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 강령술 gangnyeongsul |
| 日本語 | ネクロマンシー nekuromanshī |
| 中文 | 招魂術 /招魂术 zhāohúnshù, 死靈術 /死灵术 |
| Português | necromancia, nigromancia |
| Français | nécromancie |
| Deutsch | Totenbeschwörung, Nekromantie, Totenorakel |
| Italiano | negromanzia |
| Ελληνικά | νεκρομαντεία nekromanteía |
| Română | necromanția |
| Русский | некрома́нтия nekromántija |
| العربية | نِكْرُومَانْسِيَّة nikrūmānsiyya |
| עברית | אוֹב ov |
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