NECROLATRY
\nɛkɹˈɒlətɹˌɪ], \nɛkɹˈɒlətɹˌɪ], \n_ɛ_k_ɹ_ˈɒ_l_ə_t_ɹ_ˌɪ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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nek-rol'a-tri, n. worship of the dead.--ns. NECROBI[=O]'SIS, degeneration of living tissue; NECROG'RAPHER, one who writes an obituary notice.--adjs. NECROLOG'IC, -AL, pertaining to necrology.--ns. NECROL'OGIST, one who gives an account of deaths; NECROL'OGY, an account of those who have died, esp. of the members of some society: a register of deaths; NEC'ROMANCER, one who practises necromancy: a sorcerer; NEC'ROMANCY, the art of revealing future events by calling up and questioning the spirits of the dead: enchantment.--adjs. NECROMAN'TIC, -AL, pertaining to necromancy: performed by necromancy.--adv. NECROMAN'TICALLY.--adj. NECROPH'AGOUS, feeding on carrion.--ns. NECROPH'ILISM, a morbid love for the dead; NECROPH[=O]'BIA, a morbid horror of corpses.--adj. NECROPH'OROUS, carrying away and burying dead bodies, esp. of beetles of the genus Necrophorus.--n. NECROP'OLIS, a cemetery.--adjs. NECROSCOP'IC, -AL.--n. NEC'ROSCOPY, a post-mortem examination, autopsy--also NEC'ROPSY.--adjs. NECROSED', NECR[=O]'TIC.--ns. NECR[=O]'SIS, the mortification of bone: (bot.) a disease of plants marked by small black spots; NECROT'OMIST; NECROT'OMY, dissection of dead bodies. [Gr. nekros, dead.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Platidiam
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