NECROMANCY in a Sentence

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1. I then absolutely concluded, that all these appearances could be nothing else but necromancy and magic.
2. The evil sorcerer performed feats of necromancy, calling on the spirits of the dead to tell the future.
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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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of NECROMANCY
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.