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单词 lithomancy
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lithomancyn.

/ˈlɪθəmansi/
Etymology: < Greek λίθος stone + μαντεία divination, -mancy comb. form.
Divination by signs derived from stones.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by stones
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 75 The Lithomancy or divination from this stone, whereby..Helenus the Prophet foretold the destruction of Troy. View more context for this quotation
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lithomancy, divination by casting Pibble stones, or by the Load-stone.
1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 444 Lithomancy, divination with a precious stone called siderites.
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