单词 | rhabdomantic |
释义 | > as lemmasrhabdoˈmantic rhabdoˈmantic adj. relating to rhabdomancy. ΚΠ 1718 D. Defoe Contin. Lett. Written by Turkish Spy iii. 292 This Rabdomantick Art, or divining by Rods, I thought had been dropt out of the World. 1846 A. T. Thomson tr. E. Salverte Occult Sci. I. viii. 193 The Rhabdomantic art was practiced among the Alani and the Scythians. 1926 Folk-lore 37 131 The word was then used in reference to rhabdomantic and magical practices. 2003 A. Bühlmann in T. Klutz Magic in Biblical World 60 It would seem excessive to interpret the term ‘tree’..in the sense of ‘magic stick’..and to see in it an allusion to rhabdomantic activity when the context deals solely with natural phenomena and not those produced by humans. < as lemmas |
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