Толковый словарь английского языка - necromancy

noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English nigromancie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, by folk etymology from Late Latin necromantia, from Late Greek nekromanteia, from Greek nekr+ -manteia -mancy Date: 1522 conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events, magic, sorcery, necromancer noun necromantic adjective necromantically adverb