Word Meanings - NECROMANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there. Drayton. (more

Additional info about word: NECROMANCY

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. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there. Drayton. (more info) nigromance, F. nécromance, nécromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. necare to kill, Skr. na to perish, vanish) + mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NECROMANCY)

• Witchcraft
• Enchantment
• magic
• necromancy
• sorcery

Related words: (words related to NECROMANCY)

• MAGIC; MAGICAL
  1. Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency. 2. Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done
• MAGICALLY
  In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.
• SORCERY
  Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment. Adder's wisdom I have learned, To fence my ear against thy sorceries. Milton. (more info)
• WITCHCRAFT
  1. The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits. 2. Power more than natural; irresistible influence. He hath a witchcraft Over the king in 's tongue. Shak.
• ENCHANTMENT
  1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. 2. The
• NECROMANCY
  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. This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there. Drayton. (more
• MAGIC
  A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment,
• MAGICIAN
  One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.
• DISENCHANTMENT
  The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.