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necromance

necromance is the rare form of necromancer.

Meaning of necromancer

Noun

necromancer (plural necromancers)

  1. A person who practices or performs necromancy.
    • Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52

Verb

necromance (third-person singular simple present necromances, present participle necromancing, simple past and past participle necromanced)

  1. (intransitive) To practice necromancy.
    1. (ambitransitive, intransitive) To revive (a dead person) by necromancy; to revive people by necromancy.

Synonyms of necromance

Forms of necromance

Noun
pluralnecromances
Verb
third-person singular presentnecromances
present participlenecromancing
past participlenecromanced
pastnecromanced

Origin of necromance

Back-formation from necromancer. By surface analysis, necro- + -mance.

Questions about necromance

What does necromance mean?
Necromance means to practice necromancy.
What is necromance the rare form of?
Necromance is the rare form of necromancer.
What part of speech is necromance?
Necromance is a verb.
What is the past tense of necromance?
The past tense of necromance is necromanced.

Words near necromance in the dictionary

  1. necrologists
  2. necrology
  3. necrolyses
  4. necrolysis
  5. necrolytic
  6. necromance
  7. necromanced
  8. necromancer
  9. necromanceress
  10. necromanceresses
  11. necromancers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: necromance (page history and authors); necromancer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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