necromancy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈnɛkrəˌmænsɪ/
- Specialized
:
necromancia
- Alan believes in necromancy and that he is a necromancer.
They're going to I go find Sophie's body to try to get her power to try to redo the necromancy on secret.
- They're going to I go find Sophie's body to try to get her power to try to redo the necromancy on secret.
Examples
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Actually, I took two years of necromancy in high school, so I can kind of talk to the dead.
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Now, I think it would be what you would call "necromancy," which is trying to communicate with the dead.
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"I need some answers about this necromancy, and I need them quick!"
Fiction book (1991) -
The book was about necromancy.
Fiction book (1996) -
Necromancy was a forgotten art.
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Was it true that they were bound to the king by necromancy?
Fiction book (1993) -
"You don't approve of necromancy, do you?"
Fiction book (1991) -
Margery looked horrified at the charges that had been brought against her, and Alice wondered if someone had once accused her friend of necromancy as well.
Fiction book (1993) -
Books on necromancy mix with Bibles, and children's picture books rest beside dusty philosophies from two hundred years ago.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ancient ritual involved practicing necromancy to seek guidance from spirits of the dead.
Synonyms
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9.2
To use magic to control people or events, often to harm
20
9.8
Beliefs about secret supernatural powers and practices
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9.9
Calling a spirit, like a ghost, using magic words or rituals
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9.9
The act of trying to find the future using magic or signs
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8.8
Calling a spirit or devil using magic
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8.6
A meeting where people try to talk with the spirits of the dead, often using a medium
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9.9
The study and practice of magic and secret powers
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8.4
Belief that dead people can talk to living people through a person who says they can help
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9.2
An ability claimed to let someone talk with people who have died
Saying what will happen in the future using signs or magic
Practices that try to use hidden powers like magic
How Dark
20
7.7
- Specialized
3
9.9
- Literature
29
9.2
- Literature
87
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
necromancy = necro + mancy
Built from bound combining forms (necro- 'dead' + -mancy 'divination') that are not standalone English words and thus the meaning is not obvious to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word necromancy comes from Greek roots nekros 'dead' and manteia 'telling the future'. So necromancy is the practice of trying to learn the future or control events by talking to the dead.