Necromancy vs Charm - What's the difference?
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Divination involving the dead or death.
* 1597 King James Daemonologie
* 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer
* 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
* 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising]] or [[reanimate, reanimating the dead.
An object, act or words believed to have magic power.
The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
* Alexander Pope
* Milton
(physics) A quantum number of hadrons]] determined by the quantity of [[charm quark, charm quarks & antiquarks.
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
* (John Milton)
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
* (William Shakespeare)
To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
* (William Shakespeare)
(obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
* (Edmund Spenser)
To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
* (Alexander Pope)
The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
* 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book IV:
* Spenser
* 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 152:
A flock, group (especially of finches).
As nouns the difference between necromancy and charm
is that necromancy is divination involving the dead or death while charm is an object, act or words believed to have magic power.As a verb charm is
(seduce, entrance or fascinate)To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.necromancy
English
Alternative forms
* necyomancy, egromancyNoun
- And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
- And in one word for all, Nagomancy', or ' Necromancy ; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.
- the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy' and ' nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
- There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
Derived terms
* thread necromancycharm
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) charme'' (chant, magic spell), from (etyl) ''carmen (song, incantation)Noun
(en noun)- a charm against evil
- It works like a charm .
- He had great personal charm .
- She tried to win him over with her charms .
- Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
- the charm of beauty's powerful glance
- She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
Synonyms
* (something with magic power ): amulet, incantation, spell, talisman * (quality of arousing delight or admiration ): appeal, attraction, charisma * (trinket ): amulet, dangle, ornamentAntonyms
* (quality of arousing delight or admiration ): boredom, drynessSee also
* quarkVerb
(en verb)- They, on their mirth and dance / Intent, with jocund music charm his ear.
- No witchcraft charm thee!
- I, in my own woe charmed , / Could not find death.
- Here we our slender pipes may safely charm .
- Music the fiercest grief can charm .
Synonyms
* (seduce, entrance or fascinate ): delight, enchant, entrance, win one over * (use magic ): bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspellDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
Variant of (chirm), from (etyl) chirme, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, / With charm of earliest Birds
- free liberty to chant our charms at will
- The laughter rose like the charm of starlings.