necromancy
playSimple Definition of necromancy
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: the practice of talking to the spirits of dead people
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: the use of magic powers especially for evil purposes
Examples of necromancy in a sentence
The town accused her of witchcraft and necromancy.
<in the conjuring of the souls of the dead, necromancy seemed to offer human beings a means of exerting some control over an uncertain world>
Origin of necromancy
alteration of Middle English nigromancie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, by folk etymology from Late Latin necromantia, from Late Greek nekromanteia, from Greek nekr- + -manteia -mancy
First Known Use: 15th century
Other Occult Terms
Learn More about necromancy
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Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for "necromancy" Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about "necromancy"
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