rhabdomancy
noun
rhab·do·man·cy ˈrab-də-ˌman(t)-sē 
: divination by rods or wands
rhabdomancer
ˈrab-də-ˌman(t)-sər
noun 
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Greek rhabdomanteía, from Greek rhabdo- rhabdo- + -manteia -mancy
First Known Use
1646, in the meaning defined above
rhabdomancers
noun
as in crystal gazers
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- crystal gazers
- astrologers
- palmists
- oracles
- mystics
- doomsdayers
- prophetesses
- wisewomen
- prophesiers
- sibyls
- foretellers
- foreseers
- forecasters
- doomsayers
- diviners
- prognosticators
- seers
- augurs
- soothsayers
- futurists
- Cassandras
- Jeremiahs
- prophets
- fortune-tellers
- visionaries
- Gudrun
- gue
- guebers
- guebre
- guebres
- guel de tu
- beneficiary
- beneficiate
- beneficiated
- beneficiates
- beneficiating
- beneficiation
- beneficiations
- beneficing
- beneficium
- beneficium abs
- beneficium abstinendi
- beneficium ce
- beneficium cedendarum actionum
- beneficium cler
- beneficium clericale
- beneficium com
- beneficium competentiae
- beneficium di
- beneficium discussionis