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hydromancy|ˈhaɪdrəʊmænsɪ|
Also 5 ydro-, 6 hidromancy, 6–7 hydromantie, 7 -ty.
[a. F. hydromancie, or ad. late L. hydromantīa, a. Gr. *ὑδροµαντεία, f. ὑδρο- water + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.]
Divination by means of signs derived from water, its tides and ebbs, etc., or the pretended appearance of spirits therein.
c1400Mandeville (1839) xxii. 234 Pyromancye, Ydromancye..and many other scyences. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xxxvi. 77/2 Ydromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the water. 1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy's Interchang. Var. Things 50 a, Necromantie, Geomantie, Hydromantie. 1601Holland Pliny II. 631 As for Ananchitis, it is said, That spirits may be raised by it in the skill of Hydromantie. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 293 Numa him-selfe..was faine to fall to Hydromancie. 1777Brand Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 377 A species of hydromancy appears to have been practised at wells. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 112 The ‘suspended ring’..is..described by Peucer among various modes of hydromancy. |