necromancern.

1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 60 It serueth all wytches in their wytcherye, all sorcerers, charmers, inchaunters, dreamers, sothsayers, necromansers, coniures, crosse dyggers, [etc.].

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxi Her frendes on the other side, said..her iorney [was] empeched by Sorcerers and Necromanciers.

?1565 tr. Albertus Magnus Bk. Secretes sig. cvii^v Take the stone, which is called [led] Elitropia... And it is sprynkled wyth bloudy droppes. The necromancers call it Gemma Babylonyca, the precious stone of Babylon, bi the proper name.

1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 728 Marcus an heretique and Necromanser, made that by enchantment, there should appeare very bloud in the chalice.

1637 J. Milton Comus 22 You may Boldly assault the necromancers hall.

1678 H. More Let. 25 May 33 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) Necromancers; that is, those that..do raise the Ghosts of the deceased to consult with.

1709 J. Swift Vindic. I. Bickerstaff 8 The General, who was forced to kill his Enemies twice over, whom a Necromancer had raised to Life.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xc. 258 He became the Persian dress which he wore, and seemed a very proper master of the ceremonies to an oriental Necromancer.

1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible vi. 55 There were false prophets, witches, necromancers..among the Jews.

1831 J. G. Whittier Legends of New Eng. 73 The exceeding craftiness of the great necromancer and magician, who had ensnared the soul of the ill-fated Alice.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 74 The young necromancer declared that the same wonder would appear in all the rooms in turn.

1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) iii. i. 169 Does it need the Necromancer to convince us that the soul does not perish when the breath leaves the lips?

1917 J. P. Bishop Coll. Poems (1975) 219 Now, it is a necromancer's robe of blue, With gold worked through, With pentagons of the color of gold and points of light.

1943 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 28 80 The foreman fetched the necromancer, Quimboto, who deployed all his wizardy [sic] and incantations to revive the stricken mameto.

1970 D. Jacobson Rape of Tamar xiv. 162 Necromancers who tell fortunes and claim to summon up spirits on demand.

2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck iii. 77 Samuel appears to be brought back, not from Paradise (nobody would have dared suggest that the powers of demons and necromancers extended that far) but from the underworld.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 51 Take a large Pewter or Silver Dish..with an Edge about an Inch deep on the inside, on which the Lid fixes (with a Handle at top) so fast that you may lift it up full, by that Handle without falling; this Dish is called a Necromancer.

1784 S. MacIver Cookery & Pastry (ed. 4) iii. 56 A necromancer is a flat white-iron pan with two handles, and a lid that checks in very close.

1784 S. MacIver Cookery & Pastry (ed. 4) iii. 57 Send it to the table in the necromancer.

1967 Canad. Antiques Collector Apr. 16/2 An interesting if rather odd relative of the chafing dish. It was called a ‘necromancer’... When filled with thinly sliced meat, the container was hung by the rim between two chairs. Heat was applied by burning fifteen spills of brown paper.

1986 Kitchen Collectibles News 3 86/2 The necromancer and the conjurer were thin sheet metal oval dishes with close-fitting lids.