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Geomancy   Listen
noun
Geomancy  n.  A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Geomancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... he had recourse to an operation of geomancy to find out where the lamp was—whether Aladdin carried it about with him, or where he left it. The result of his consultation informed him, to his great joy, that the lamp was in the palace. "Well," said he, rubbing his hands in glee, ...
— Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know • Various

... chance place, counts up to the mark: if the number of beads be odd, he sets down a single dot, if even, two. This is done four times, when a figure is produced as in the margin. Of these there are sixteen, each having its peculiar name and properties. The art is merely Geomancy in its rudest shape; a mode of vaticination which, from its wide diffusion, must be of high antiquity. The Arabs call it El Baml, and ascribe its present form to the Imam Jaafar el Sadik; amongst them it is a ponderous study, connected as usual with astrology. Napoleon's "Book ...
— First footsteps in East Africa • Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Geomancy" :   fortune telling, soothsaying, geomancer, foretelling, divination



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