"necromancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/ Forms: necromancies [plural]
enPR: nĕkʹ-rə-măn'-si Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nigromancye}} Middle English nigromancye, {{der|en|fro|nigromancie}} Old French nigromancie, {{der|en|ML.|nigromantia}} Medieval Latin nigromantia, {{der|en|la|necromantia}} Latin necromantia, {{der|en|grc|νεκρομαντεία}} Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), {{m|grc|νεκρός||dead}} νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”), {{m|grc|μαντεία||divination}} μαντεία (manteía, “divination”), {{m|la|niger|t=black}} niger (“black”), {{surf|en|necro-|-mancy}} By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} necromancy (countable and uncountable, plural necromancies)
  1. Divination involving the dead or death. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death, Divination Translations (divination involving the dead): نِكْرُومَانْسِيَّة (nikrūmānsiyya) (Arabic), נְגִידָא [masculine] (Aramaic), nekromantzia (Basque), некромантия (nekromantija) (Bulgarian), nigromància [feminine] (Catalan), nekromansya (Cebuano), 招魂術 (Chinese Mandarin), 招魂术 (zhāohúnshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 死灵术 (Chinese Mandarin), nekromancie (Czech), nekromanti [common-gender] (Danish), dodenbezwering [feminine] (Dutch), andamaning [feminine] (Faroese), nekromantia (Finnish), nécromancie [feminine] (French), Totenbeschwörung [feminine] (German), Nekromantie [feminine] (German), Totenorakel [neuter] (German), νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía) [feminine] (Greek), אוֹב (ov) [masculine] [biblical, religion, lifestyle] (Hebrew), nekromanta (Hungarian), andasæring [feminine] (Icelandic), nekromancio (Ido), nekromansi (Indonesian), marbhdhraíocht [feminine] (Irish), negromanzia [feminine] (Italian), ネクロマンシー (nekuromanshī) (Japanese), 강령술 (gangnyeongsul) (alt: 降靈術) (Korean), nigromantia (Latin), necromantia (Latin), nekromantika (Latvian), некрома́нтија (nekromántija) [feminine] (Macedonian), nigromancy (Middle English), sċīnlāc [masculine] (Old English), nygromancie (Old French), nekromancja (Polish), necromancia (Portuguese), nigromancia (Portuguese), necromanția [feminine] (Romanian), некрома́нтия (nekromántija) [feminine] (Russian), некромантија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nekromancija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nekromancia [feminine] (Slovak), nigromancia (Spanish), necromancia (Spanish), nekromanti (Swedish), nekromansya (Tagalog), nekromansi (Turkish), некрома́нтія (nekromántija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-necromancy-en-noun-ZbboqvGg Disambiguation of Death: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of Divination: 38 43 19 Disambiguation of 'divination involving the dead': 65 27 8
  2. Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death, Divination, Occult
    Sense id: en-necromancy-en-noun-qmT0-uB9 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 34 43 22 Disambiguation of Death: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of Divination: 38 43 19 Disambiguation of Occult: 13 59 28
  3. (Internet) Synonym of necroposting Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Death, Divination Synonyms: necroposting [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-necromancy-en-noun-A~RhezoF Disambiguation of Death: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of Divination: 38 43 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with necro-, English terms suffixed with -mancy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mancy: 23 24 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: necyomancy, egromancy Derived forms: thread necromancy

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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "marbhdhraíocht"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "negromanzia"
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          "_dis1": "65 27 8",
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          "roman": "nekuromanshī",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "word": "ネクロマンシー"
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          "alt": "降靈術",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gangnyeongsul",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "word": "강령술"
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          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "word": "nigromantia"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nekromántija",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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          "code": "fro",
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          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "word": "nygromancie"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "nekromántija",
          "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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          "name": "Internet",
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            "Technology",
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      "word": "некромантия"
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      "word": "招魂術"
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      "word": "招魂术"
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      "word": "死灵术"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromancie"
    },
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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      "word": "andamaning"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromantia"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nécromancie"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Totenbeschwörung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Totenorakel"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "νεκρομαντεία"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "אוֹב"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "andasæring"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromansi"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "marbhdhraíocht"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "negromanzia"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "ネクロマンシー"
    },
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      "alt": "降靈術",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gangnyeongsul",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "강령술"
    },
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      "word": "nigromantia"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "necromantia"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromantika"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "некрома́нтија"
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      "word": "nigromancy"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sċīnlāc"
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      "code": "fro",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nygromancie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "necromancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nigromancia"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "некрома́нтия"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "некромантија"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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      "word": "nekromancija"
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      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nekromancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nigromancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "necromancia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromanti"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromansya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
      "word": "nekromansi"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nekromántija",
      "sense": "divination involving the dead",
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        "feminine"
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    "Necromancy"
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