Necromantist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of necromancer.
"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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More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin necromantīa + -ist.
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