Manticism

//ˈmæntɪsɪzm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of divination.

    "It is useless…to go to the manticism of the heathen to get light as to the nature of Hebrew prophecy."

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"It is useless…to go to the manticism of the heathen to get light as to the nature of Hebrew prophecy."

Etymology

From mantic (“pertaining to divination or prophecy”) + -ism (“tendency of behaviour or action”).

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