necromantic
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- adjective
- /ˌnɛkrəˈmæntɪk/
- Literature
- These sites were eventually associated with oracular cults and necromantic activities.
- oracular and necromantic
Examples
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But the white nights comforted Tom with sufficient disorientation, and the necromantic architecture of the national museum eased the edge off his blood pressure.
Fiction book (1997) -
You delve through these like really ornate crypts that have these very like necromantic tone, necromantic tones to them.
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Which was kind of a disappointment back when I was a D&D playing kid; it really took the necromantic magic out of the place.
Blog text (24) -
Necromantic mage.
Fiction book (1991) -
They suffer a lethal weariness, surrounded by a forest that shakes with hunger for the necromantic power in their human blood.
Fiction book (1997) -
Together, the seven vignettes on the S. Marco bowl reflect an array of mantic associations, including oracular, necromantic, and augural.
Academic text (2008) -
In particular, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which discuss the oracular and necromantic abilities of various gods and heroes, were central texts in Byzantine schooling and were known to any educated person.
Academic text (2008) -
The ancient ritual involved several necromantic practices designed to summon the spirits of the dead.
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He delved into the necromantic arts, hoping to communicate with his ancestors for guidance.
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In the story, the necromantic spells allowed the wizard to awaken long-lost souls from their eternal rest.
Synonyms
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Relating to practices that try to contact dead people
Relating to talking to the dead to find out the future
Surface Forms
Morphology
necromantic = necromancy (transparent) = necromancy + ic
A straightforward adjectival formation from 'necromancy' with the suffix '-ic' yielding 'relating to necromancy', so the meaning follows directly from the base.
Etymology
Necromantic comes from Greek parts necro- meaning 'dead' and -mancy meaning 'telling the future' or 'magic'. So, something described as necromantic is about magic that tries to speak with or raise the dead.