nigromancy

nigromancy
noun /ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/
Necromancy; magic involving death.

"I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy."


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