Geomancy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed. uncountable, usually
"1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come..."
- 2 divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) wordnet
- 3 feng shui; Chinese geomancy. uncountable, usually
"geomancy [...] The pretended art of divining future events, or of ascertaining the luckiness or unluckiness of any event or locality, by means of signs connected with the earth [...] or, as in China, from the configuration and aspect of a particular region in its relation to some other."
Example
More examples"1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come..."
Etymology
From Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy.
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