Necromancy

Quick meaning: Necromancy is a noun meaning Divination involving the dead or death.

Meaning

Divination involving the dead or death.

More Meanings

1. Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
2. (Internet) Synonym of necroposting.

Example Sentences

There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism.

And in one word for all, Nagomancy, or Necromancy; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• necromancies
• necyomancy

Synonyms for necromancy

Depending on context, synonyms include necroposting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include magic, psychomancy, sciomancy, divination, umbramancy, transcommunication.

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