"necromantist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1584 September 27, John Dee, “Mysteriorum Pragensium Liber Primus, Caesareusque, Anno 1584. Stylo Novo.”, in A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dʳ. John Dee (a Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz. And King James Their Reignes) and Some Spirits: Tending (Had It Succeeded) to a General Alteration of Most States and Kingdomes in the World. […], London: […] D. Maxwell, for T. Garthwait, […], published 1659, page 247",
          "text": "I told him, that at a Noble-mans Table, There was, of great account, who ſaid, that there was an Engliſh man, come to the Emperours, A bankrupt Alchimiſt, a Conjurer, and Necromantiſt: who had ſold his own goods, and given the Lord Laſkie the money: and that he had beguiled him: and that now he would fain get ſome of the Emperour his money from him, &c.",
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          "text": "So much for the Ninth term of deſcription of a Witch in the text, a Necromantiſt, one that aſketh counſel of the dead.",
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          "text": "The necromantist professed to hear voices from graves, and to bring back tidings from the bosom of hell.",
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          "text": "She shrank close against the wall, wondering who could be in her mother’s shrine, fearing tomb robbers, necromantists.",
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