释义 |
† manˈtology Obs. rare. [Badly f. Gr. µάντ-ις a diviner + -ology.] The art or practice of divination.
1774Guthrie's Geog. Gram. (ed. 4) 125 That remarkable mantology, or gift of prophecy, which distinguishes the inhabitants of the Hebrides under the name of second sight. 1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 423. 1828 in Webster. So manˈtologist, ‘one skilled in mantology or divination; a diviner, prophet’.
1864in Webster; and in recent Dicts. |