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Definition of Necromancies
1. necromancy [n] - See also: necromancy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necromancies
Literary usage of Necromancies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1913)
"Modern psychology, it may be, will endeavor to reduce these alleged necromancies
within a system, instead of rejecting them as altogether fabulous. ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"... showing the iridescent changes and wavering shadows we all as children have
watched upon the spoonful of lead melted for our Innocent necromancies. ..."
3. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1877)
"... and as clear that in other necromancies, it may be such kinds of spirits, as
Porphyrius above describes, ' that change themselves into omnifarious forms ..."
4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"... as almost amounts to a demonstration that they did not imitate them in their
songs or romances; fur as to dragons, serpents, necromancies, &c., ..."
5. Mind (1898)
"... necromancies, witchcrafts —these are for the most part nothing more than moral
microbes, infecting poor human nature with this or that mental disease, ..."
6. Lakmé: Opera in Three Acts by Léo Delibes, Edmond Gondinet, Philippe Gille (1886)
"... smiles of joy were wreathing, Rose-blushing cheeks at one name loved and sweet!
No! no! Fly, cheating fancies, Idle necromancies, That my brain would ..."
7. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"So perish your superstitions, your necromancies, your ancient arts of war, and
the unwritten epics of your kings. ..."
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