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necromanticus

necromanticus [LL] , of or for necromancy; b (as sb. m.) necromancer, sorcerer; c (as sb. f.) sorceress. quousque altius potestas eorum qui in nichromantica [v. l. nicromantica] arte [v. l. nichromancia] operantur, possit ascendere Petrus Dial. 112; erat is nigromanticis artibus instructus magicas excitare figuras, demones territare W. Malm. GR II 205; omnis enim ars nigromantica aqua diluitur R. Niger Chr. II 156; lex lune erit nigromantica et magica et mendosa Bacon Maj. I 262; Libri ~i de officio spirituum Bradw. CD 17C; s1387 factum est ‥ caput de cera opere nigromantico ‥ [quod] tria verba protulit Knighton Cont. 258.  b asserunt nigromantici, in experimentis ‥ solos oculos virgineos prevalere Gerv. Tilb. 897; maxima incommoda per marinam tempestatem perpessus est, que utique per negromanticos regis Francie dicebantur procurari Ad. Mur. Chr. Cont. A 173; 1406 incantores, nigromantici, divinitores, arioli et phitones Foed. VII 427; 1419 supersticiosis ~orum operacionibus Conc. III 393a; 1447 quendam nigromanticum ‥ consuluit Eng. Clergy 221; vellet ire ad maleficum quendam ~um Ghost Stories 420; a nygromancier, nigromanticus CathA.  c de ~ae oraculo certior redderetur Boece 93.

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