"necromantic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Late Latin necromanticus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|necromanticus}} Late Latin necromanticus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} necromantic (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death, Divination, Occult Translations (of necromancy): negromantesco (Italian), necromântico [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-necromantic-en-adj-M90I1znb Disambiguation of Afterlife: 96 4 Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 Disambiguation of Divination: 97 3 Disambiguation of Occult: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: necromantick [obsolete]

Noun

Forms: necromantics [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin necromanticus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|necromanticus}} Late Latin necromanticus Head templates: {{en-noun}} necromantic (plural necromantics)
  1. conjuration
    Sense id: en-necromantic-en-noun-cP~o-ysZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: necromantick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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