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Necromancy
A school of magic containing all spells that affect death. The classic uses of the term include undead, or controlling death, death spells which inflict death, and séances, communicating with the dead. However, some resurrection spells can also belong to this school because they dispel death.

A magician becomes a lich by using necromancy to prevent his or her death.
By Lian
Necromancy
The act of bringing up an old thread on a forum.

The lurker-turned-noobie posted "me too" in a thread from 2000 and got flamed wave after wave for her necromancy.
By Milka
Necromancy
A branch of black majik which involves:
- communing with the spirits of the dead
- animating the dead to resemble their once living selves.

"C'mon find me a talker..."
- Hellboy
By Bryna
Necromancy
Communication with the dead for purposes of divination or magically influencing the course of natural events.

Necromancy is the act of conjuring the dead for divination. It dates back to Persia, Greece and Rome, and in the Middle Ages was widely practiced by magicians, sorcerers, and witches. It was condemned by the Catholic Church as "the agency of evil spirits," and in Elizabethan England was outlawed by the Witchcraft Act of 1604. Necromancy is not to be confused with conjuring devils or demons for help. Necromancy is the seeking of the spirits of the dead. The spirits are sought because they, being without physical bodies, are no longer limited by the earthly plane. Therefore, it is thought these spirits have access to information of the past and future which is not available to the living. It has been used to help find sunken or buried treasure, and whether or not a person was murdered or died from other causes.
By Thomasa
Necromical
The book of the Grop.

"Where have you hidden the Necromical?"
By Myrle
Necromancy
Sorcery/Shamanism style of raising the dead, either for control or divination.

The german sorceror Faust is known for practicing Necromancy.
By Celle
Necromancy
The practice of communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future.

any spell that allows comunication with the dead.
Yes that does mean D and D is incorrect. Necromancy is a greek word haveing to do with divination.
By Mag
Necromance
The act of resurrecting a forum thread older than a few weeks. The person (generally a n00b) who does this is referred to as a necromancer.

"Dude, you replied to a thread that's eight months old, the guy hasn't come by since and won't see your reply. Way to necromance."
By Jo-Anne
Digital Necromancy
Using CGI to apparently raise the dead to appear in games or films.

"Hey, did you know that Oliver Reed was in Gladiator through digital necromancy?"
By Cristen
Corporate Necromancy
When the big comic book publishers continue the life of a character by bringing them back from the dead in order to continue making a profit off the marketing of new stories involving the character and associated character goods.

This is sometimes known as comic book continuity, but Corporate Necromancy is a more expressive word that deals with the bringing of characters back from the dead as a way of rebooting a comic book series to return things back to the status quo.

Manga, or Japanese comics, can also sometimes be accused of Corporate Necromancy when characters die and are brought back, such as with Dragonball and Dragonball Z.

A comics editor who is notorious for bringing commerically successful characters back from the dead in order to exploit their lives financially is called a Corporate Necromancer.

1: Bringing back Aunt May in the Spider-Man comics was sheer Corporate Necromancy!

2: Man, I hate them Corporate Necromancers who brought *insert comics character* back from the dead, leave them alone!
By Ronnie