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necromancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/
• (US) audio
• nĕkʹ-rə-măn'-si

Etymology

Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Divination involving the dead or death.
   • 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. 1597, King James Daemonologie, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • And in one word for all, Nagomancy, or Necromancy; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead. 1652, Gaule The Magastromancer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • 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...
   • There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism... 1920, L. Spence, Encyc. Occult:
2. (countable, uncountable) Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
3. (Internet, countable, uncountable) Synonym of necroposting.

Forms

Deriveds

thread necromancy

Relateds

necromancer · raising hell · raising the dead · necromantic

Synonyms

necroposting

Translations (53)

uk некрома́нтія (divination involving the dead) · kw nygromons (divination involving the dead) · eu nekromantzia (divination involving the dead) · hu nekromanta (divination involving the dead) · ca nigromància (divination involving the dead) · mk некрома́нтија (divination involving the dead) · he אוֹב (divination involving the dead) · fo andamaning (divination involving the dead) · ang ġedwomer (divination involving the dead) · da nekromanti (divination involving the dead) · fro nygromancie (divination involving the dead) · de Totenbeschwörung (divination involving the dead) · fr nécromancie (divination involving the dead) · id nekromansi (divination involving the dead) · it negromanzia (divination involving the dead) · es nigromancia (divination involving the dead) · is andasæring (divination involving the dead) · ar نِكْرُومَانْسِيَّة (divination involving the dead) · es necromancia (divination involving the dead) · sh некромантија (divination involving the dead) · de Nekromantie (divination involving the dead) · ang sċīnlāc (divination involving the dead) · eo nekromancio (divination involving the dead) · pt nigromancia (divination involving the dead) · ceb nekromansya (divination involving the dead) · ga marbhdhraíocht (divination involving the dead) · la necromantia (divination involving the dead) · tl nekromansya (divination involving the dead) · tr nekromansi (divination involving the dead) · cs nekromancie (divination involving the dead) · sh nekromancija (divination involving the dead) · la nigromantia (divination involving the dead) · sk nekromancia (divination involving the dead) · ja ネクロマンシー (divination involving the dead) · fi nekromantia (divination involving the dead) · bg некромантия (divination involving the dead) · enm nigromancy (divination involving the dead) · es necromancía (divination involving the dead) · el νεκρομαντεία (divination involving the dead) · pt necromancia (divination involving the dead) · lv nekromantika (divination involving the dead) · ko 강령술 (divination involving the dead) · es nigromancía (divination involving the dead) · ru некрома́нтия (divination involving the dead) · ro necromanția (divination involving the dead) · pl nekromancja (divination involving the dead) · cmn 死靈術 /死灵术 (divination involving the dead) · nl dodenbezwering (divination involving the dead) · arc נְגִידָא (divination involving the dead) · io nekromancio (divination involving the dead) · cmn 招魂術 /招魂术 (divination involving the dead) · de Totenorakel (divination involving the dead) · sv nekromanti (divination involving the dead)