necromantist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of necromancer.
Example Sentences
- "I told him, that at a Noble-mans Table, There was, of great account, who ſaid, that there was an Engliſh man, come to the Emperours, A bankrupt Alchimiſt, a Conjurer, and Necromantiſt: who had ſold his own goods, and given the Lord Laſkie the money: and that he had beguiled him: and that now he would fain get ſome of the Emperour his money from him, &c."
- "So much for the Ninth term of deſcription of a Witch in the text, a Necromantiſt, one that aſketh counſel of the dead."
- "The necromantist professed to hear voices from graves, and to bring back tidings from the bosom of hell."
- "She shrank close against the wall, wondering who could be in her mother’s shrine, fearing tomb robbers, necromantists."
Etymology
From Latin necromantīa + -ist.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: necromantīa