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hydromancy

[ hahy-druh-man-see ]

noun

  1. divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.


hydromancy

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmænsɪ /

noun

  1. divination by water
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈhydroˌmancer, noun
  • ˌhydroˈmantic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hydro·mancer noun
  • hydro·mantic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydromancy1

1585–95; earlier hydromantie, -cie (< Middle French ) ≪ Late Greek hydromanteía divination by water; replacing Middle English ydromancye < Middle French ydromancie < L. See hydro- 1, -mancy
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Example Sentences

Thirdly, If any person in order to discover the future, had employed geomancy, hydromancy, a�romancy, piromancy, onomancy, necromancy, or sorceries by beans, dice, or wheat.

The sixth is named hydromancy, as when a demon teaches anything by appearances in the water.

In this work he also treated of the origin of hydromancy, and other superstitious divinations.

And at one side of the emperor’s table sit many philosophers that be proved for wise men in many diverse sciences, as of astronomy, necromancy, geomancy, pyromancy, hydromancy, of augury and of many other sciences. 

How many that are for hydromancy, that pretend in water to show men mighty mysteries?

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