Meaning of GEOMANCY
Pronunciation: | | 'jeeu`mansee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) |
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| See Also: | | divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ge"o*man`cy\, n. [OE. geomance, geomancie, F.
g['e]omance, g['e]omancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr. ge`a, gh^,
the earth + mantei`a divination.]
A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by
little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly
on paper.
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