c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 153 Astronomye is hard þing..Gemetrie and Gemensye [c1400 Laud B. x. l. 208 geomesye] is gynful of speche.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1877) §605 What seye we of hem that bileeuen in diuynailes as..by Geomancie [etc.].
?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 115 Sum of geomancy, sum of pyromancy, sum of ydromancy.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa f. 51v There is also an other kinde of Geomancie..the which doth diuine by certaine coniectures taken of similitudes of the crakinge of the Earthe [etc.].
1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan 1 Geomancie is a Science and Art which consisteth of points, prickes, and lines, made in steade of the foure Elements.
1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in (1630) iii. 12/2 By Water he knowes much in Hidromanty And by the Earth hee's skilled in Geomanty.
1652 Norton's Ordinal of Alchemy vi, in E. Ashmole 100 Trust not in Geomantie that superstitious Arte.
1664 J. Wilson iii. i. 32 All the Spirits, of Astromancy, Geomancy, and Coschinomancy, are at your command.
1720 W. P. 65 She pretended to the young Gentlewoman that she had great Skill in Geomancy, and would needs tell her Fortune.
1778 T. Warton II. i. 22 All the renowned authors..in alchemy, astrology, magic, palmistry, geomancy, and other branches of the occult philosophy.
1848 W. Irving (rev. ed.) 302 Certain colleges in old times, where judicial astrology, geomancy, necromancy, and other forbidden and magical sciences were taught.
1875 10 314 It is almost incredible to believe what pains the Arabs have bestowed on the development of geomancy.
1924 C. H. Haskins xiii. 286 Those magic arts..which no Christian can rightly practise—geomancy, hydromancy,..incantations, prestigiation, etc.
1971 K. Thomas viii. 215 Others engaged in geomancy—interpreting the meaning of the pattern of dots produced by the random doodlings of the wizard in a state of semi-trance.
1999 74 212 Practices, such as geomancy, that involved the making of signs.