Necromancy is an English word with synonyms like sorcery or magic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Necromancy in a sentence
Necromancy meaning
- Divination involving the dead or death.
- Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
- Synonym of necroposting.
Synonyms of Necromancy
Using Necromancy
- The main meaning on this page is: Divination involving the dead or death. | Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead. | Synonym of necroposting.
- Useful related words include: sorcery, black magic, black art, magic.
- In the example corpus, necromancy often appears in combinations such as: necromancy is, of necromancy, necromancy was.
Context around Necromancy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Necromancy
- In this selection, "necromancy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, speaking, traded, variant, conjuring, type and series stand out and add context to how "necromancy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and or necromancy both being and art of necromancy exists although. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "necromancy" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with necromancy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Well, necromancy was practiced in the Bible. (7 words)
Magma Comix debuts with The Principles of Necromancy series. (9 words)
Ever since Necromancy was legalized this kind of stuff has been happening! (12 words)
There is also a nice charmed life tweak that allows you one of three rather neat defensive tricks due to being a Skeletal Contortionist, and there are feats to specialize on variant necromancy, and the option to get an undead animal companion. (42 words)
Kors & Peters, p. 48. On the other hand, some Christians believe that necromancy is real (along with other facets of the occult "magic") but God has not suffered Christians to deal with those spirits (Deuteronomy 18:14). (37 words)
Necromancy (conjuring the dead) Strictly speaking, " necromancy " is the practice of conjuring the spirits of the dead for divination or prophecy – although the term has also been applied to raising the dead for other purposes. (35 words)
Ever since Necromancy was legalized this kind of stuff has been happening! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Necromancy (conjuring the dead) Strictly speaking, " necromancy " is the practice of conjuring the spirits of the dead for divination or prophecy – although the term has also been applied to raising the dead for other purposes.
However, should players make Astarion the Vampire Ascendant, he becomes a perfect fit for the Necromancy's benefits.
Major studios have become complacent, relying on giving the treatment to their old IP with their publicly traded necromancy.
There, she finds Asa absent, but his father alarmingly present — as well as a book of necromancy-type occult intel featuring illustrations that very much resemble Lovecraft’s favorite tentacled “cosmic entity” Cthulhu.
Magma Comix debuts with The Principles of Necromancy series.
The Previews order form cover will highlight new publisher Magma Comix, which debutsJackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly's horror-fueled sword-and-sorcery series, The Principles of Necromancy.
There is also a nice charmed life tweak that allows you one of three rather neat defensive tricks due to being a Skeletal Contortionist, and there are feats to specialize on variant necromancy, and the option to get an undead animal companion.
Well, necromancy was practiced in the Bible.
Ever since Necromancy was legalized this kind of stuff has been happening!
Caesarius does not condemn man here; he only states that the art of necromancy exists, although it is prohibited by the Bible.
Fumigation and the act of burying images are also found in both astral magic and necromancy.
However, it was never completely settled whether there may be permissible practices, e.g. involving relics or holy water as opposed to "blasphemous" necromancy (necromantia) involving the invocation of demons ( goetia ).
In the game, Necromancy is considered the most evil of all the schools of magic, and it can only be performed by Zobek and his followers.
Judaism seeAlso Jewish law views the practice of witchcraft as being laden with idolatry and/or necromancy ; both being serious theological and practical offenses in Judaism.
Kors & Peters, p. 48. On the other hand, some Christians believe that necromancy is real (along with other facets of the occult "magic") but God has not suffered Christians to deal with those spirits (Deuteronomy 18:14).
Luck, p. 12. Necromancy was prevalent throughout Western antiquity with records of its practice in Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
Medieval practitioners believed they could accomplish three things with necromancy: will manipulation, illusions, and knowledge: * Will manipulation affects the mind and will of another person, animal, or spirit.
Necromancy Some Dals have the ability to communicate with spirits of the dead.
Practices such as these, varying from the mundane to the grotesque, were commonly associated with necromancy.
Shrewsbury then uses necromancy to recall Alhazred's spirit and orders it to draw a map of the world as he knew it.
Common combinations with necromancy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- necromancy is 4×
- of necromancy 4×
- necromancy was 3×
- that necromancy 2×
- with necromancy 2×