Necromancy
['nɛkromænsi]
Definition
(n.) The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sorcery, magic, divination, enchantment, conjuration, black art, magical art.
Editor: Woodrow
Examples
- There is a dread, unhallowed necromancy of evil, that turns things sweetest and holiest to phantoms of horror and affright. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I then absolutely concluded, that all these appearances could be nothing else but necromancy and magic. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This charge of necromancy is right often used for cloaking evil practices on our people. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Oliver