necromancy

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 nĕkʹ-rə-măn'-si

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Divination involving the dead or death. countable,uncountable
    — And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
  2. Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead. countable,uncountable
  3. Synonym of necroposting. Internet,countable,uncountable

词形变化

necromancies plural necyomancy alternative egromancy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
thread necromancy
相关词
necromancer necromantic raising hell raising the dead

词源

Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.
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