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   nec·ro·man·cy

   /ˈnekrəˌmansē/

   noun

   • 1. the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future: "alchemy, necromancy, and other magic practices"
   • ▪ sorcery or black magic in general.

   Word Origin Middle Englishnigromancie, via Old French from medieval Latin nigromantia, changed (by association with Latin niger, nigr- ‘black’) from late Latin necromantia, from Greek (see necro-, -mancy). The spelling was changed in the 16th century to conform with the late Latin form.

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