necromancy
/ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/
necromancy noun: divination involving the dead or death.
Noun
necromancy (countable and uncountable, plural necromancies)
- Divination involving the dead or death.
- And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.1597, King James Daemonologie, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- And in one word for all, Nagomancy, or Necromancy; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.1652, Gaule The Magastromancer, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
- Synonym of necroposting.
- Synonyms:
- necroposting
necromancy meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Tagalog
necromancy in Tamil
- இறந்தவருடன் தொடர்பு கொள் மாயம்
necromancy in Bengali
- প্রেতসিদ্ধি
necromancy in Malayalam
- witchery, sorcery, (black) magic
- പ്രേതസിദ്ധി, ആഭിചാരം, വശ്യം, കരവശ്യം, ദുർമന്ത്രവാദം, അടക്കം
necromancy in Tagalog
- divination involving the dead
- nekromansya
More languagesFewer languages
- necromancy in Arabic
- نِكْرُومَانْسِيَّة nikrūmānsiyya
- necromancy in Indonesian
- nekromansi
Synonyms of necromancy
Forms of necromancy
| plural | necromancies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | necyomancy |
| alternative form | egromancy |
Origin of necromancy
Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.
Words formed from necromancy
Questions about necromancy
- What does necromancy mean?
- Necromancy means divination involving the dead or death.
- What is necromancy in Tamil?
- Necromancy in Tamil is இறந்தவருடன் தொடர்பு கொள் மாயம். See Necromancy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is necromancy?
- Necromancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce necromancy?
- Necromancy is pronounced /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/.
- What is the plural of necromancy?
- The plural of necromancy is necromancies.
Words near necromancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: necromancy (page history and authors); necromancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); necromancy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); necromancy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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