单词 | mantology |
释义 | mantologyn. rare. The art or practice of divination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] divinec1330 diviningc1340 divinationc1374 divinailc1386 sortilegea1387 sortilegya1387 divinity1481 matesy1543 divinement1579 divinesse1594 predivination1603 observating1652 sortiary1653 fatidicency1693 fatiloquency1693 mantology1774 manticism1861 zoomancy1888 mantic1891 1774 Guthrie's Geog. Gram. (ed. 4) 125 That remarkable mantology, or gift of prophecy, which distinguishes the inhabitants of the Hebrides under the name of second sight. 1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 423 That remarkable quality for which the inhabitants of the Hebrides have been famed; namely, mantology, or the second sight, as it is generally called. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mantology, the act or art of divination or prophesying. 1974 Lancet 26 Jan. 130/1 (title) Mantology & medicine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774 |
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