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- adjective Alternative form of
necromantic .
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- adjective relating to or associated with necromancy
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Examples
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Even the witches occur in Holinshed, who says: The common opinion was that these women were either the weird sisters, that is (as ye would say) the goddesses of destiny, or else some nymphs or fairies, indued with knowledge of prophecy by their necromantical science.
Introductory Note 1909
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But afterwards the common opinion was, that these women were either the weird sisters, that is (as you would say) the goddesses of destiny, or else some nymphs or fairies, endued with knowledge of prophecy by their necromantical science, because every thing came to pass as they had spoken.
Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin 1796
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