Hydromancy
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Divination by water or other liquid. uncountable, usually
"Hydromancy is the supposed art of divining by water. The Persians, according to Varro, invented it; Pythagoras and Numa Pompilius made use of it; and we still admire the like wonderful prognosticators."
- 2 divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) wordnet
Example
More examples"Hydromancy is the supposed art of divining by water. The Persians, according to Varro, invented it; Pythagoras and Numa Pompilius made use of it; and we still admire the like wonderful prognosticators."
Etymology
From French hydromancie or Late Latin hydromantia, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía); corresponding to hydro- + -mancy.
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