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NECROMANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("necromancy" is a kind of...):
divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
Derivation:
necromancer (one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead)
necromantic (given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead)
necromantical (relating to or associated with necromancy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Synonyms:
black art; black magic; necromancy; sorcery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("necromancy" is a kind of...):
magic; thaumaturgy (any art that invokes supernatural powers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necromancy"):
witchcraft; witchery (the art of sorcery)
bewitchment; enchantment (a magical spell)
demonism; diabolism; Satanism (a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan))
obiism (belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies)
Derivation:
necromancer (one who practices magic or sorcery)
necromantic; necromantical (relating to or associated with necromancy)
