NECROMANCY


Meaning of NECROMANCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈne-krə-ˌman(t)-sē ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of Middle English nigromancie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, by folk etymology from Late Latin necromantia, from Late Greek nekromanteia, from Greek nekr- + -manteia -mancy

Date: 1522

1. : conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events

2. : magic , sorcery

• nec·ro·man·cer -sər noun

• nec·ro·man·tic ˌne-krə-ˈman-tik adjective

• nec·ro·man·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.