Sentence examples for necromancer from inspiring English sources

By Tony Peake.Little, Brown; 624 pages; £25HE WAS many things: "A crucial figure in British cinema"; "the gay guru"; "a jewelled magpie"; "a decaying necromancer" were some of the labels attached to Derek Jarman by critics, enemies, and by himself.

Other characters include Thyrsis, an attendant spirit to the children; Sabrina, a nymph of the River Severn; and Comus, a necromancer and seducer.

The last four chapters of I Samuel depict the final futile effort of Saul to retain control of his throne and thwart the Philistines: Saul attempted to receive advice from the spirit of the dead Samuel through the necromancer (sometimes called the witch or medium) of Endor, even though he had earlier banned such practices in his realm.

He died, and his ghost was evoked by a necromancer, or sorceress, at the request of Saul; he then announced a third time the rejection of Saul (chapter 28).

Faust, also called Faustus, or Doctor Faustus, hero of one of the most durable legends in Western folklore and literature, the story of a German necromancer or astrologer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.

A vivid story in I Samuel 28 relates how, on the eve of the fateful battle, Saul sought, through a necromancer at Endor, some word of encouragement from the dead Samuel.

In Faustus Marlowe tells the story of the doctor-turned-necromancer Faustus, who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.

The 11th-century German historian Adam of Bremen, in describing conflicts between Christian missionaries and Latvians, said that "every house is filled with seers, augurers, and necromancers," which indicates that the Balts had sacral persons, probably the patriarchs of large extended families or heads of clans.

Men are pictured as necromancers or alchemists, serious seekers after the truth; they age with dignity and grow beards.

So various, today, are art's mediums, forms, and uses — apples, oranges, raisins, doorknobs — and constituencies — one-per-centers, vocationals, flaming youth, Internet necromancers, present-minded professors, middling-sensual kibitzers — that the Ten Best template could do with a tactical rest.

If you are unaware of Katie's work, the relevant facts are that she first came to public attention after the necromancers in The Apprentice casting department chose her for series three.