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necromancy 音标拼音: [n'ɛkrəm ,ænsi] n. 巫术 巫术 necromancy n 1: the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world [ synonym: { sorcery}, { black magic}, { black art}, { necromancy}] 2: conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesyingNecromancy \ Nec" ro* man` cy\, n. [ OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. nigromance, F. n[' e] cromance, n[' e] cromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. ?; nekro` s a dead body ( akin to L. necare to kill, Skr. na[, c] to perish, vanish) ? divination, fr. ? diviner, seer, akin to E. mania. See { Mania}, and cf. { Internecine}, { Noxious}. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art.] The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See { Black art}. [ 1913 Webster] This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy plac[` e] d there. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " necromancy": alchemy, bewitchery, bewitchment, charm, divination, enchantment, fetishism, glamour, gramarye, hoodoo, juju, jujuism, magic, mediumism, natural magic, obeah, rune, seance, shamanism, sitting, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, spirit, spiritism, spiritualism, sympathetic magic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, vampirism, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry
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