necromancy
/ˈnekrəʊmænsɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future(尤指为预测未来)召亡魂问卜的巫术。
1.1
- witchcraft, sorcery, or black magic in general总称巫术; 妖术。
派生词
necromancer
nounnecromantic
adjective词源
Middle English nigromancie, via Old French from medieval Latin nigromantia, changed (by association with Latin niger, nigr- 'black') from late Latin necromantia, from Greek (see NECRO-, -MANCY). The spelling was changed in the 16th cent. to conform with the late Latin form.