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Necromancer

noun

One who practices magic or sorcery. Synonyms: magician, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard.

One who practices divination by conjuring up the dead.

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"Necromancer" Quotes from Famous Books

... maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto ...

— Our Day - In the Light of Prophecy • W. A. Spicer

... brought before the court, in company with another African named Jack, the property of the estate of Pritchard, he assumed so much ignorance, and looked and acted the fool so well, that some of the court could not believe that this was the necromancer who was sought after. This conduct he continued when on his trial, until he saw the witnesses and heard the testimony as it progressed against him; when, in an instant, his countenance was lighted up as if by lightning, and his ...

— Black Rebellion - Five Slave Revolts • Thomas Wentworth Higginson

... the guests, "We have secured for your pleasure this evening that remarkable necromancer, Madam Loof-lirpa. (April fool spelled backwards.) The madam is the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter and has the rare and marvelous power of second sight, and while securely blindfolded she will tell you ...

— Games For All Occasions • Mary E. Blain

Words linked to "Necromancer" : exorciser, occultist, Cagliostro, necromancy, magician, sorceress, exorcist, wizard, witch doctor, diviner, magus, enchanter, thaumaturge, Giuseppe Balsamo, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro