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hydromancy
hy·dro·man·cy H0347100 (hī′drə-măn′sē)n. Divination by the observation of water.
[Middle English ydromancy, from Old French ydromancie, from Latin hydromantīa, from Greek hudromanteia : hudro-, hydro- + -manteia, -mancy.]hydromancy (ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmænsɪ) n (Alternative Belief Systems) divination by water ˈhydroˌmancer n ˌhydroˈmantic adjhy•dro•man•cy (ˈhaɪ drəˌmæn si)
n. divination by means of the motions or appearance of water. [1585–95; earlier hydromantie, -cie (< Middle French) « Late Greek hydromanteía divination by water. See hydro-1, -mancy] hy′dro•man`cer, n. hy`dro•man′tic, adj. hydromancya form of divination involving observations of water or of other liquids.See also: Divination, WaterhydromancyA form of scrying which in this case is divination by water. Pegomancy is a form of hydromancy.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
hydromancy
Related to hydromancy: AstromancyWords related to hydromancynoun divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)Related Words- fortune telling
- soothsaying
- foretelling
- divination
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