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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NECROMANCY (Gr. veKpoµavreia, or veIVoµavrEia, from vEKpos or ViKVS,
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corpse, and µavreia,
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divination)  , properly
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divination by communicating with the dead . The latinized
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form of the
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Greek word was corrupted into nigromantia, connecting the word with
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niger,
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black, and so was applied to the " black
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art," " black magic," in the sense of
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witchcraft, sorcery . This corrupted form is
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common in
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English to the 17th
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century (see MAGIC and WITCHCRAFT) .

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