sciomancer
sciomancer noun: one who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
Noun
sciomancer (plural sciomancers)
- One who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
- The sciomancer called forth the ghost or shadow of the dead, which was not considered the living, active spirit, but rather an emanation from the dead which yet retained the impress of living thought, an idea akin to modern psychometry.1874, Common Sense - Volumes 1-2, page 100
- Some sciomancers thought that certain types of shadows were ghosts of the departed.2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 104
Forms of sciomancer
| plural | sciomancers |
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Origin of sciomancer
From scio- + -mancer.
Questions about sciomancer
- What does sciomancer mean?
- Sciomancer means one who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
- What part of speech is sciomancer?
- Sciomancer is a noun.
- What is the plural of sciomancer?
- The plural of sciomancer is sciomancers.
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