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Chiromancy
//ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si// noun
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand. uncountable, usually
"If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie..."
- 2 telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand wordnet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
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