Nigromancy

//ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Necromancy; magic involving death. countable, historical, uncountable

    "But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […]."

Example

More examples

"But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […]."

Etymology

From Middle English nigromauncy, from Old French nigromancie, nigremance, from Late Latin nigromantia, a blend of niger (“black”) and necromantīa (“necromancy”). Compare black art.

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