Definitions for LICH
lɪtʃlich

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lichnoun

   See like.

2. lichnoun

   Corpse or dead body, hold

3. lichnoun

   A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly one skilled in wizardry or magical arts.

4. Etymology: lic. Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Swedish/Norwegian lik, Danish lig.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lichnoun

   A dead carcase; whence lichwake, the time or act of watching by the dead; lichgate, the gate through which the dead are carried to the grave; Lichfield, the field of the dead, a city in Staffordshire, so named from martyred christians. Salve magna parens. Lichwake is still retained in Scotland in the same sense.

   Etymology: lice , Saxon.

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1. Lich

   In fantasy fiction, a lich (; from the Old English līċ, meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game booklet Greyhawk, written by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz.Often such a creature is the result of a willful transformation, as a powerful wizard skilled in necromancy who seeks eternal life uses rare substances in a magical ritual to become undead. Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, liches are sapient revenants, retaining their previous intelligence and magical abilities. Liches are often depicted as holding power over lesser mindless undead soldiers and servants. A lich's most often depicted distinguishing feature from other undead in fantasy fiction is the method of achieving immortality; Liches give up their souls to form "soul-artifacts" (called a "soul gem", "phylactery" or "horcrux" in other fantasy works), the source of their magic and immortality. Many liches take precautions to hide and/or safeguard one or more soul-artifacts that anchor a part of a Lich's soul to the material world. If the corporeal body of a lich is killed, that portion of the lich's soul that had remained in the body does not pass on to the next world, but will rather exist in a non-corporeal form capable of being resurrected in the near future. However, if all of the lich's soul-artifacts are destroyed, then the lich's only anchor in the material world would be the corporal body, whereupon destruction will cause permanent death.

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1. Lichadjective

   like

2. Lichadjective

   a dead body; a corpse

3. Etymology: [AS. lc body. See Like, a.]

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1. Lich

   In modern fantasy fiction, a lich is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his intellect to his animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies desiccated or even completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants. Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, part of a hivemind and/or under the control of some magician, a lich retains independent thought and is usually at least as intelligent as it was prior to its transformation. In some works of fiction, liches can be distinguished from other undead by their phylactery - an item of the Lich's choosing into which they imbue their soul, giving them immortality until the phylactery is destroyed. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "Empire of the Necromancers", had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game booklet Eldritch Wizardry, written by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume.

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1. LICH

   What does LICH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LICH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LICH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lich is ranked #49723 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lich surname appeared 422 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lich.
   
   95.2% or 402 total occurrences were White.
   1.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for LICH »

1. chil

How to pronounce LICH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LICH in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LICH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lich
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=LICH
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LICH
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=LICH
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html