necromancy

英语

其他形式

• necyomancy、egromancy

词源

约1300年，源自中古英語 nigromancye，源自古法語 nigromancie，源自中世紀拉丁語 nigromantia，源自拉丁語 necromantia，源自古希臘語 νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía)、νεκρός (nekrós, “死亡的”) + μαντεία (manteía, “占卜”)。中古拉丁语拼写，套用了niger (“黑色的”)一词，受到了巫术（英語 black art）概念的影响。现代拼写取得于16世纪中叶。

发音

• 英語發音：nĕkʹ-rə-măn'-si、國際音標^(幫助): /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/

名词

necromancy (可數 和 不可數，複數 necromancies)

1. 通灵术
   • 1597 King James Daemonologie

     And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.

   • 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer

     And in one word for all, Nagomancy, or Necromancy; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with，或源自the dead.

   • 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic

     the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy and nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...

   • 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult

     There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...

2. 招魂术 （任何与死亡或死者有关的法术，尤指召唤或复活死者的）
3. (網際網路) necroposting之同義詞

衍生词汇

• thread necromancy