Necromancy v.s. Thanatotic Science
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What is Necromancy?
According to Dictionary.com the following definition describes necromancy.
Word Origin and History for Necromancy
The word is a noun (n.)
c.1300, nygromauncy, "divination by communication with the dead," from Old French nigromancie "magic, necromancy, witchcraft, sorcery," from Medieval Latin nigromantia (13c.), from Latin necromantia "divination from an exhumed corpse," from Greek nekromanteia, from nekros "dead body" (see necro- ) + manteia "divination, oracle," from manteuesthai "to prophesy," from mantis "prophet" (see mania ). Spelling influenced in Medieval Latin by niger "black," on notion of "black arts." Modern spelling is a mid-16c. correction.
Related words: Necromantic.
