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Nigromancy vs Necromancy - What's the difference?

nigromancy | necromancy |

As nouns the difference between nigromancy and necromancy

is that nigromancy is necromancy; magic involving death while necromancy is divination involving the dead or death.

nigromancy

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Alternative forms

(alternative forms) : 14th century: * nigromancie * negromancy * nigromance * nigromancie * nygromancy * negremancie * negremaunce * nigramace * nigramanci * nigramancie * nigramansi * nigramansy * nigramauncie * nigramauncy * nigremansi * nigromaunc * nigromaunce * nygremancy * nygremauncy * nygremauncye * nygremounchys * nygromancie * nygromancye * nygromaunce * nygromaunci * nygromauncy * nygrymancy : 15th century: * egremauncey * egremauncye * neagromancye * negramency * negremauncie * negremauncye * negremoncye * negromancye * nigermansye * nigramansy * nigremancye * nigremansy * nigromancye * nigromansy * nigromaunsy * nigrymancye * nygomauncy * nygramance * nygramancie * nygramancy * nygramancye * nygramansi * nygramansy * nygramansye * nygramauncy * nygramencye * nygremansye * nygremoncye * nygromancye * nygromansy * nygromansye * nygromantsye * nygromauncye * nygrymancye : 16th century: * igramansie * igramansy * igrimansie * nagramisse * negromancie * nicromansie * nicromancy * nigomancy * nigramansy * nigromansie * nycromancie * nycromancy * nygramyce * nygramyssy * nygromansie

Noun

(nigromancies)
  • Necromancy; magic involving death.
  • * 1819 , Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
  • *:"I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy ."

    • 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