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单词 necromancy
释义
necromancynec‧ro‧man‧cy /ˈnekrəmænsi/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINnecromancy
Origin:
1200-1300 Late Latin necromantia, from Greek, from nekros ‘dead body’ + manteia ‘telling the future’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • According to the lore of True Valiance, necromancy in any form was an abomination.
  • And that one had to appear, like a spirit raised by necromancy, suddenly almost within grasp of his hand.
  • Nevertheless the ridding of my skin complaint by necromancy coincided with a shift in emphasis as far as my instruction was concerned.
  • She had done the necromancy with a modicum of debonair detachment until the Army called out her husband for the second time.
  • They are the Robemaker's sentinels, the effluence of necromancy, and you must be very very wary indeed of them.
  • Was that conclusive evidence that insanity was the salary of meddling with necromancy?
  • You may be versed in necromancy, and steeped in alchemy, and schooled in the ancient cruel arts of your realm.
word sets
WORD SETS
abominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
1magic, especially evil magic2literary the practice of claiming to talk with the deadnecromancer noun [countable]
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