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 prophesying Necromancy \
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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