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-mancy

  1. a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element:

    necromancy.



-mancy

combining form

  1. indicating divination of a particular kind

    chiromancy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mancy1

Middle English -manci ( e ), -mancy ( e ) < Old French -mancie < Latin -mantīa < Greek manteía divination. See mantic, -cy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mancy1

from Old French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia soothsaying
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Example Sentences

In that city was the first seat of the king of Mancy, for it is a fair city and plentiful in all goods.

It was Marguerite, Mancy, my mother, and Pearl was the other one.

Going back now to Mancy Winfry, you said she had four children?

This is a city royal where the King of Mancy was wont to dwell.

In that city was the first siege of the King of Mancy, for it is a fair and plenteous of all goods.

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