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necromancy

N การ ใช้ เวทมนตร์  sorcery wizardry kan-chai-wed-mon

 

necromancy

N เวทมนตร์ คาถา  มนตร์ ดำ  เวทมนตร์  คาถาอาคม  อาคม  black magic haumaturgy wizardry wed-mon-ka-ta

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NECROMANCY

n.[Gr. Dead, and divination. ] 1. The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead. This imposture is prohibited. Deuteronomy 18:11.
2. Enchantment; conjuration.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NECROMANCY

Nec "ro *man `cy, n. Etym: [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. nigromance, F. nécromance, nécromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. necare to kill, Skr. na () to perish, vanish ) + mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art. ]

 

Defn: 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. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there. Drayton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

necromancy

nec ro man cy |ˈnekrəˌmansē ˈnekroʊmænsi | noun the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, esp. in order to predict the future. witchcraft, sorcery, or black magic in general. DERIVATIVES nec ro man tic |ˌnekrəˈmantik |adjective ORIGIN Middle English nigromancie, via Old French from medieval Latin nigromantia, changed (by association with Latin niger, nigr- black ) from late Latin necromantia, from Greek (see necro-, -mancy ). The spelling was changed in the 16th cent. to conform with the late Latin form.

 

Oxford Dictionary

necromancy

necromancy |ˈnɛkrə (ʊ )mansi | noun [ mass noun ] the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future. witchcraft, sorcery, or black magic in general. DERIVATIVES necromantic |-ˈmantɪk |adjective ORIGIN Middle English nigromancie, via Old French from medieval Latin nigromantia, changed (by association with Latin niger, nigr- black ) from late Latin necromantia, from Greek (see necro-, -mancy ). The spelling was changed in the 16th cent. to conform with the late Latin form.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

necromancy

necromancy noun he had been a practitioner of necromancy in some small village in Central America: sorcery, (black ) magic, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry, the occult, occultism, voodoo, hoodoo; divination; spiritualism.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

necromancy

necromancy noun See sorcery.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

necromancy

nec ro man cy /nékrəmæ̀nsi /名詞 U 1 (特に悪魔による )魔法, 魔術 (evil magic ).2 ⦅かたい文 ⦆降霊術 .n c ro m n cer 名詞 C 魔術師 ; 降霊術者 .n c ro m n tic 形容詞