"ghostcraft" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From ghost + craft. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ghost|craft}} ghost + craft Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ghostcraft (uncountable)
  1. Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-ghostcraft-en-noun-bqpzZiWW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1857, Charles Loring Brace, The Norse-folk: Or, A Visit to the Homes of Norway and Sweden, page 266",
          "text": "Many and many a night have I been called up to see or hear the spökeri (witchcraft or ghostcraft). The peasants would recount that in an upper room they had distinctly heard the spirits throwing the tin vessels and the chairs at each other — then a violent struggle between the demons, and all would be quiet.",
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