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1. Necromancy: NECROMANCY nek'-ro-man-si. See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT. nek'-ro-man-si. See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT. [100%] 1915-01-01
2. Necromancy: Necromancy (/ˈnɛkrəmænsi/) is the practice of magical sorcery involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions, or by resurrection for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events; discovery of hidden knowledge ... (Magic involving communication with the deceased) [100%] 2023-12-06 [Magic (supernatural)]
3. Necromancy: Divination by aid of the dead is said to have been common among the Persians, and at a later time among the Greeks and Romans as well (see passages in Winer, "B. The Israelites possibly borrowed the art from the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Necromancy: Necromancy (Greek: νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" of the dead for multiple purposes, from spiritual protection to the acquisition of wisdom. The word necromancy derives from the Greek νεκρός (nekrós), "dead ... [100%] 2023-02-04
5. Necromancy: Necromancy, properly divination by communicating with the dead. The latinized form of the Greek word was corrupted into nigromantia, connecting the word with niger, black, and so was applied to the "black art," "black magic," in the sense of witchcraft ... [100%] 2022-09-02