Nigromancy
//ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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