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Definition: ANTHROPOMANCY |
ANTHROPOMANCYNoun1. Divination by the entrails of human being. |
Etymology: Anthropomancy \An"thro*po*man`cy\, noun. [Greek expression man -mancy.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word is derived from the Greek anthropos ('man') and manteia ('divination'),
Heliogabalus (the Roman emperor Varius Avitus Bassanius, 205-221) and the ancient Egyptians were known practitioners of this type of divination.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Anthropomancy."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "ANTHROPOMANCY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | antropomantie. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anthropomancyay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ANTHROPOMANCY" (pronounced 'An"thro*po*man`cy'): Aeromancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Anthracomancy, Arithmancy, Astragalomancy, Austromancy, Axinomancy, Belomancy, Bibliomancy, Botanomancy, Capnomancy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chartomancy, Cleromancy, Coscinomancy, Crystallomancy, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Daphnomancy, Geomancy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Lecanomancy, lithomancy, -mancy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, Myomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Ornithomancy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Psychomancy, Pyromancy, Rabdomancy, Rhapsodomancy, Sciomancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-4 letters: anchorman, anthocyan, pantryman, taphonomy. | |
-5 letters: achromat, cartoony, copatron, crampoon, macaroon, marathon, monarchy, monocarp, monocrat, nomarchy, nonactor, nonparty, octonary, pharmacy, rampancy, ranchman, trachoma, yachtman. | |
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