necromancy

Meaning

Noun

• 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

Origin

• Circa 1300, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία, νεκρός + μαντεία. Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (black), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s.