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negromancy

negromancy is the obsolete form of nigromancy.

Meaning of nigromancy

Noun

nigromancy (countable and uncountable, plural nigromancies)

  1. (historical) Necromancy; magic involving death.
    • But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about negromancy

What is negromancy the obsolete form of?
Negromancy is the obsolete form of nigromancy.

Words near negromancy in the dictionary

  1. negroizing
  2. Negroland
  3. negrolatry
  4. negrolike
  5. Negroloid
  6. negromancy
  7. Negron
  8. Negroness
  9. negroni
  10. negronis
  11. Negrons

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