Necyomancy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of necromancy. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Etymology

From the Classical Latin necyomantīa, from the Koine Greek νεκυομαντεία (nekuomanteía), from the Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Compare the French necyomance.

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