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countable and uncountable, plural necromancies
Divination involving the dead or death. quotations examples
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)
the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy and nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
1920, L. Spence, Encyc. Occult
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead. examples
(Internet) Synonym of necroposting examples