necromancer

[nek-ruh-man-see]

nec·ro·man·cy

[nek-ruh-man-see]
noun
1.
a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
2.
magic in general, especially that practiced by a witch or sorcerer; sorcery; witchcraft; conjuration.

Origin:
1250–1300; necro- + -mancy; replacing Middle English nigromancie < Medieval Latin nigromantīa for Late Latin necromantīa < Greek nekromanteía; by folk etymology nigro- (combining form of Latin niger black) was substituted in ML for original necro-

nec·ro·man·cer, noun
nec·ro·man·tic; Obsolete, nec·ro·man·ti·cal, adjective
nec·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb


2. See magic.

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World English Dictionary
necromancy (ˈnɛkrəʊˌmænsɪ)
 
n
1.  the art or practice of supposedly conjuring up the dead, esp in order to obtain from them knowledge of the future
2.  black magic; sorcery
 
[C13: (as in sense 1) ultimately from Greek nekromanteia, from nekros corpse; (as in sense 2) from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin niger black, which replaced necro- through folk etymology]
 
'necromancer
 
n
 
necro'mantic
 
adj

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Necromancer definition


(Deut. 15:11), i.e., "one who interrogates the dead," as the word literally means, with the view of discovering the secrets of futurity (comp. 1 Sam. 28:7). (See DIVINATION.)

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