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单词 hieromancy
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hieromancyn.

Etymology: < modern Latin hieromantīa ( < modern Greek ἱερομαντεία ), < Greek ἱερο- hiero- comb. form + μαντεία divination: see -mancy comb. form.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhieromancy.
1. Divination from the observation of objects offered in religious sacrifices, or from sacred things.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > sacrificial objects
hieroscopy1728
hieromancy1775
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Hieromantia.]
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Hieromancy.
2. Jugglery with sacred things.Apparently an isolated use.
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1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 64 168 He has known how to attach to his mystic hieromancy, both the unthinking and the designing erudition of the clerical order.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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