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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Nigromantik, n. [e.m.E. (a. and n.) nekromantike (1574), necromantick(e, nigromantick, etc., late L. necromanticus, med. L. negro-.] A necromancer. — 1533 Boece x. xi. 372 b.
Juglouris, witchis, nigromantikis … sal euery ane be brynt 1533 Ib. xv. 387.
To execute justice apoun blasphemouris, manesworne nigromantikis, witches
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