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NECROMANTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead
Example:
necromantic powders and other weird objects
Classified under:
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
necromancy (conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or associated with necromancy
Example:
mysterious necromantic rites
Synonyms:
necromantic; necromantical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
necromancy (conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying)
Derivation:
necromancy (the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world)
