black art

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun black art has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

black art,  
     The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.  [1913 Webster]
    " This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latter term was derived from niger black, instead of nekro`s, a dead person, and mantei`a, divination. Wright. "  Wright.  [1913 Webster]

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