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sciomancy|ˈsaɪəmænsɪ|
Also 7 -mantie, 8 scia-.
[ad. mod.L. sciomantīa, f. Gr. σκιο-, σκιά shadow + µαντεία: see -mancy. Cf. F. sciomance (Cotgr. 1611).]
Divination by communication with the shades of the dead.
1623Cockeram, Sciomancie, diuination by shadowes. 1647A. Ross Mystag. Poet. xii. (1675) 307 This..was but Sciomancy, or a sight of shadows only, not Necromancy. 1656Blount Glossogr., Sciomantie,..the part of Necromancy, practised by shadows. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, If you be afraid of the Dead,..I will make use of the Faculty of Sciomancy. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Sciomantia, The Witch who conjured up the Soul of Samuel..did it by Sciomancy. 1752Ibid. (ed. 7), Sciamantia, Sciamancy, or Sciomancy. 1852Roget Thesaurus §511 Divination... By ghosts; Psychomancy. By shadows or manes; Sciomancy.
Hence sciomantic a., pertaining to sciomancy.
1859Mem. E. Henderson vi. 378 The actual not sciomantic appearance of Samuel at Endor. |