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necromantia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • necromancy noun The practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to foretell the future or obtain hidden knowledge.

Senses

necromantia is used for these senses in English:

  • necromancy Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

necromancy — full definition

  1. noun The practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to foretell the future or obtain hidden knowledge.
  2. noun In fantasy fiction and games, magic that raises, controls or animates the dead.
  3. noun Magic in general, especially of a dark or sinister kind.

Related Latin words