Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NEC'RO-MAN-CY
NEC'RO-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. νεκρος, dead, and μαντεια, divination.]
- The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead. This imposture is prohibited. Deut. xviii.
- Enchantment; conjuration. Abbot.
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