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Necromancy vs Wizardry - What's the difference?

necromancy | wizardry |

As nouns the difference between necromancy and wizardry

is that necromancy is divination involving the dead or death while wizardry is the art of a wizard; sorcery.

necromancy

English

Alternative forms

* necyomancy, egromancy

Noun

  • Divination involving the dead or death.
  • * 1597 King James Daemonologie
    • 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.
  • * 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer
    • And in one word for all, Nagomancy', or ' Necromancy ; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.
  • * 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
    • the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy' and ' nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
  • * 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult
    • There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
  • Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising]] or [[reanimate, reanimating the dead.

    • Derived terms

    * thread necromancy

    wizardry

    English

    Noun

  • The art of a wizard; sorcery.
  • Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
  • Great ability in some specified field.