单词 | hieromancy |
释义 | hieromancyn. 1. Divination from the observation of objects offered in religious sacrifices, or from sacred things. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1775 |
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