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Meaning of GEOMANCY

Pronunciation:  'jeeu`mansee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 
 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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