- onomancy
- Divination using a name or the letters in a name
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onomancy
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onomancy — on o*man cy, n. [Gr. o noma name + mancy. Cf. {Nomancy}.] Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] Camden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Onomancy — (haplological for Onomamancy or Onomatomancy) is divination based on a subject s given name, popular in the Late Middle Ages, usually following practices of Gematria. See also Onomastics Arithmomancy This occult related article is a stub. You can … Wikipedia
onomancy — 1) divination using a donkey or ass Divination and Fortune Telling 2) divination using proper names Divination and Fortune Telling … Phrontistery dictionary
onomancy — on·o·man·cy … English syllables
onomancy — /ˈɒnəmænsi/ (say onuhmansee) noun divination obtained from the letters of names. Also, onomomancy, onomatomancy. {medieval Latin onomantia, shortened form of onomatomantia, equivalent to Greek onoma name + mancy} –onomantic, adjective …
onomancy — n. divination from letters of a name … Dictionary of difficult words
onomancy — noun divination by the letters of a name • Derivationally related forms: ↑onomancer • Hypernyms: ↑divination, ↑foretelling, ↑soothsaying, ↑fortune telling … Useful english dictionary
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