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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Necromantical, a. [e.m.E. (1603): cf. Nigromanticale.] Of necromancy, necromantic. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xii.
The same sanctuary … to be … a necromantical amphitheater
