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04-09-2003, 07:42 PM

Main Entry: nec·ro·man·cy
Pronunciation: 'ne-kr&-"man(t)-sE
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of Middle English nigromancie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, by folk etymology from Late Latin necromantia, from Late Greek nekromanteia, from Greek nekr- + -manteia -mancy
Date: 1522
1 : conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events

presumably Sauron was able to conjure the spirits of the dead for his own uses.

04-09-2003, 07:42 PM	#23
Arayáviëiel Guest Posts: n/a	Main Entry: nec·ro·man·cy Pronunciation: 'ne-kr&-"man(t)-sE Function: noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English nigromancie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, by folk etymology from Late Latin necromantia, from Late Greek nekromanteia, from Greek nekr- + -manteia -mancy Date: 1522 1 : conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events presumably Sauron was able to conjure the spirits of the dead for his own uses.