NECROMANCY in a Sentence

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1. The evil sorcerer performed feats of necromancy, calling on the spirits of the dead to tell the future.
2. I then absolutely concluded, that all these appearances could be nothing else but necromancy and magic.
3. There is a dread, unhallowed necromancy of evil, that turns things sweetest and holiest to phantoms of horror and affright.

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 Meanings and Examples of NECROMANCY
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necromancy
 n.  belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
Classic Sentence:
1  I then absolutely concluded, that all these appearances could be nothing else but necromancy and magic.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER II.
2  There is a dread, unhallowed necromancy of evil, that turns things sweetest and holiest to phantoms of horror and affright.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence:
1  The evil sorcerer performed feats of necromancy, calling on the spirits of the dead to tell the future.