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† oˈnomatoˌmancy Obs.
[ad. med.L. onomatomantīa, F. onomatomancie (Rabelais 16th c.); see onomato- and -mancy.]
Divination by names or the letters of a name.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Onomatomancy, [divining] by names. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv, Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you..by onomatomancy? How do they call thee? 1727[see onomancy]. |