Definitions for: Necromancy


[n] conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying



Webster (1913) Definition: Nec"ro*man`cy, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie,
OF. nigromance, F. n['e]cromance, n['e]cromancie, from L.
necromantia, Gr. ?; ? a dead body (akin to L. necare to kill,
Skr. na(?) to perish, vanish) + ? divination, fr. ? diviner,
seer, akin to E. mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine,
Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger
black. Hence the name black art.]
The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended
communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in
general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.

This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy
plac[`e]d there. --Drayton.

See Also: divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying

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