NECROMANCY

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 conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events, magic , sorcery , necromancer noun necromantic adjective necromantically adverb