necromancy
a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
magic in general, especially that practiced by a witch or sorcerer; sorcery; witchcraft; conjuration.
Origin of necromancy
1synonym study For necromancy
Other words from necromancy
- nec·ro·man·cer, noun
- nec·ro·man·tic [nek-ruh-man-tik] /ˌnɛk rəˈmæn tɪk/ Obsolete, nec·ro·man·ti·cal, adjective
- nec·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby necromancy
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How to use necromancy in a sentence
Today a substantial subset of people seem to regard science as the equivalent of necromancy or alchemy, or, like, Rumpelstiltskin.
Gene Weingarten: I have a better term for the ‘vaccine-hesitant’ | Gene Weingarten | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostHell, to be honest, necromancy comes about because of the type of person Harrow needed to be.
How Gideon the Ninth author Tamsyn Muir queers the space opera | Constance Grady | February 5, 2021 | Voxnecromancy—wizardry—fairy-lore—all the stuff and nonsense that goes to the making of 'The Arabian nights'!
Cleek, the Master Detective | Thomas W. Hanshewnecromancy and magic, demonism and witchcraft, have long since been relegated to the limbo of exposed fraud.
Craftsmanship in Teaching | William Chandler BagleyOn the other hand, necromancy, according to the definition of Cotgrave, is divination by conference with dead bodies raised.
As to the facts of Witchcraft and necromancy, it is quite impossible to deny their existence.
Many of the heathens cordially defended magic and necromancy.
British Dictionary definitions for necromancy
/ (ˈnɛkrəʊˌmænsɪ) /
the art or practice of supposedly conjuring up the dead, esp in order to obtain from them knowledge of the future
black magic; sorcery
Origin of necromancy
1Derived forms of necromancy
- necromancer, noun
- necromantic, adjective
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