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Romancy
(gcide) | Romancy \Ro*man"cy\, a.
Romantic. [R.]
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chiromancy
(encz) | chiromancy,chiromantie n: Zdeněk Brožchiromancy,věštění z ruky n: Michal Ambrož |
hydromancy
(encz) | hydromancy, n: |
necromancy
(encz) | necromancy,černá magie Zdeněk Brožnecromancy,černokněžnictví n: Zdeněk Brožnecromancy,komunikace s dušemi mrtvých kvůli zjištění
budoucnosti n: Michal Ambrožnecromancy,nekromantika n: Zdeněk Brož |
oneiromancy
(encz) | oneiromancy, n: |
pyromancy
(encz) | pyromancy, n: |
Aeromancy
(gcide) | Aeromancy \A"["e]r*o*man`cy\, n. [A["e]ro- + -mancy: cf. F.
a['e]romancie.]
Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric
substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.
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Alectoromancy
(gcide) | Alectoromancy \A*lec"to*ro*man`cy\, n.
See Alectryomancy.
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Aleuromancy
(gcide) | Aleuromancy \A*leu"ro*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? wheaten flour + -mancy:
cf. F. aleuromancie.]
Divination by means of flour. --Encyc. Brit.
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Austromancy
(gcide) | Austromancy \Aus"tro*man`cy\, n. [L. auster south wind +
-mancy.]
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the
winds.
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Catoptromancy
(gcide) | Catoptromancy \Ca*top"tro*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? mirror + -mancy.
See Catopter.] (Antiq.)
A species of divination, which was performed by letting down
a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in
it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was
an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.
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Ceromancy
(gcide) | Ceromancy \Cer"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. khro`s wax + -mancy.]
Divination by dropping melted wax in water.
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Chiromancy
(gcide) | Chiromancy \Chi"ro*mancy\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -mancy.]
The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the
fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the
hand; palmistry.
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Cleromancy
(gcide) | Cleromancy \Cler"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? lot + -mancy; cf. F.
cl['e]romancie.]
A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
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Gastromancy
(gcide) | Gastromancy \Gas`tro*man"cy\, n. [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F.
gastromancy.] (Antiq.)
(a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered
from the stomach.
(b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other
round, transparent vessels, in the center of which
figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
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Gyromancy
(gcide) | Gyromancy \Gyr"o*man`cy\ (j[i^]r"[-o]*m[a^]n`s[y^] or
j[imac]"r[-o]-), n. [Gr. gy^ros ring, circle + -mancy: cf. F.
gyromancie.]
A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle,
and walking in or around it. --Brande & C.
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Hieromancy
(gcide) | Hieromancy \Hi"er*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. "iero`s sacred + ?
divination: cf. F. hi['e]romantie.]
Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
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Hydromancy
(gcide) | Hydromancy \Hy"dro*man`cy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -mancy: cf. F.
hydromancie.]
Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients.
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Meteoromancy
(gcide) | Meteoromancy \Me`te*or"o*man`cy\, n. [Meteor + -mancy : cf. F.
m['e]t['e]oromancie.]
A species of divination by atmospheric phenomena, chiefly by
thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by
the Romans.
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Necromancy
(gcide) | Necromancy \Nec"ro*man`cy\, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie,
OF. nigromance, F. n['e]cromance, n['e]cromancie, from L.
necromantia, Gr. ?; nekro`s a dead body (akin to L. necare to
kill, Skr. na[,c] to perish, vanish) + ? divination, fr. ?
diviner, seer, akin to E. mania. See Mania, and cf.
Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to
confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art.]
The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended
communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in
general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.
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This palace standeth in the air,
By necromancy plac[`e]d there. --Drayton.
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Oneiromancy
(gcide) | Oneiromancy \O*nei"ro*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? a dream + -mancy.]
Divination by means of dreams. --De Quincey.
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Pyromancy
(gcide) | Pyromancy \Pyr"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? fire + ? divination: cf.
F. pyromancie.]
Divination by means of fire.
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Sideromancy
(gcide) | Sideromancy \Sid"er*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ??? iron + -mancy.]
Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the
manner of their burning. --Craig.
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chiromancy
(wn) | chiromancy
n 1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn:
palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology] |
hydromancy
(wn) | hydromancy
n 1: divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and
flow of the tides) |
necromancy
(wn) | necromancy
n 1: the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or
evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
[syn: sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy]
2: conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying |
oneiromancy
(wn) | oneiromancy
n 1: divination through the interpretation of dreams |
pyromancy
(wn) | pyromancy
n 1: divination by fire or flames |
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