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ghostcraft

ghostcraft noun: knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.

Noun

ghostcraft (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
    • I have studied Ghostcraft with the enthusiasm of a poet, I have endeavoured to penetrate its arcana with the perseverance and zeal of a philosopher.1843, Bradshaw's Journal, volume 4, page 188
    • Many and many a night have I been called up to see or hear the spökeri (witchcraft or ghostcraft). The peasants would recount that in an upper room they had distinctly heard the spirits throwing the tin vessels and the chairs at each other — then a violent struggle between the demons, and all would...1857, Charles Loring Brace, The Norse-folk: Or, A Visit to the Homes of Norway and Sweden, page 266

Origin of ghostcraft

From ghost + craft.

Questions about ghostcraft

What does ghostcraft mean?
Ghostcraft means knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
What part of speech is ghostcraft?
Ghostcraft is a noun.

Words near ghostcraft in the dictionary

  1. ghostbox
  2. ghostboxes
  3. ghostbuster
  4. ghostbusters
  5. ghostbusting
  6. ghostcraft
  7. ghostdom
  8. ghostdoms
  9. ghosted
  10. ghostee
  11. ghostees

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