† thumomancyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Divination by one's own soul: see quot. 1651, and cf. psychomancy n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by one's own soul
thumomancy1651
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 56 Sometimes in their own hopes and feares, called Thumomancy, or Presage.
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n.1651- school breakfast
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- school broadcaster
- school broadcasting
- school building
- school bulletin
- school bulletin board
- school bully
- school bus
- school busing
- school butter
- school cafeteria
- school calendar
- school canteen
- school cap
- school caretaker
- school cert
- school certificate
- school chapel
- school chum
- school classroom
- school cleaner
- school cod
- school colour
- school committee