Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Divination by consulting the souls of the dead; necromancy.
  • noun A mysterious influence of one soul upon another.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Necromancy.

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  • noun divination by communicating with spirits, especially of the dead; necromancy

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Examples

  • He caught sight of Donna Beatrice, a startling vision in green and gold, talking psychomancy to a bewildered-looking old gentleman, whom he recognized as a scientist of worldwide distinction.

    Death of a Ghost Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1934

  • This was the only occasion when he treated their peculiar psychomancy boastfully, and the only occasion when I felt a distinct misgiving of his sincerity.

    Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878

  • By a kind of hallowed psychomancy, that humble man would detect a discordant presence, and hush the voices of a congregation till the stubborn soul felt God in the stillness, and penitently surrendered.

    The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Theron Brown 1873

  • First, not all words ending in - mancy are names of divination systems; aldermancy and psychomancy are good examples.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2 1979

  • There is something, though, that is rather queer, but it belongs to psychomancy rather than psychology, as I understand it. "

    Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878

  • "Well, then, strictly in the interest of psychomancy, I will confide that she had found some traces of a model that I used to paint my Madonnas from, before we were married, in that picture.

    Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878

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