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black art
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Black art \Black" art`\
The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy;
conjuration; magic.
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Note: 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.
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