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▪ I. mantic, n. rare—1.|ˈmæntɪk|
[ad. Gr. µαντική (sc. τέχνη art), fem. of µαντικός: see next.]
The art or science of divination.
[1727Bailey vol. II, Mantice, divination or foretelling things to come.] 1891Mrs. Colyer-Fergusson tr. De La Saussaye's Man. Sci. Relig. xvi. 137 The history of religion is full of mantic [rendering G. die Mantik].
▪ II. mantic, a.|ˈmæntɪk|
[ad. Gr. µαντικός, f. µάντις prophet, diviner, lit. one affected by divine madness, f. root man-: see mania.]
Pertaining to divination or prophecy.
1850Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound 553, I fixed the various rules of mantic art. 1858Trench Synon. N.T. vi. (1876) 21 Revelation knows nothing of this mantic fury.
So ˈmantical a. = mantic; ˈmantically adv.; ˈmanticism, the practice of divination.
1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 26 Any manticall, or magicall..hypothesis whatsoeuer. 1652Gaule Magastrom. To Astronomers, This disquisition..abhors..to end with any thing that is manticall. 1861McCaul Aids to Faith iii. 81 It is useless..to go to the manticism of the heathen to get light as to the nature of Hebrew prophecy. 1903Selwyn in Expositor Apr. 288 There is not a scrap of evidence to show that the bishops of Asia..accused the Montanists of being mantically inclined. |