nigromancien

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Middle English

Noun

nigromancien

  1. A necromancer.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 37, line 603:
      But lat us go now to thilke horrible swering of adiuracioun and coniuracioun, as doon thise false enchauntours or nigromanciens in bacins ful of water, or in a bright swerd, in a cercle, or in a fyr, or in a shulder-boon of a sheep.
      But let us go now to this horrible swearing of exorcism and conjuring spirits, as do these false enchanters or necromancers in basins full of water, or in a bright sword, in a circle, or in a fire, or in a shoulder-bone of a sheep.

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