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arithmomancy|əˈrɪθməʊˌmænsɪ|
[ad. mod.L. arithmomantīa, f. Gr. ἀριθµός number + -µαντεία divination. Cf. Fr. arithmomancie.]
Divination by numbers; arithmancy.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv, Fulks Arithmomantia and the rest of those curious games. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. 384/2 Upon the near affinity which Pythagoras..conceived to be betwixt the gods and numbers, he collected a kind of Arithmomanty. |