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abacomancy

abacomancy noun: divination using dust, dirt, silt, sand, ashes, or smoke. Patterns in the medium under various circumstances are interpreted to envision future events.

Noun

abacomancy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Divination using dust, dirt, silt, sand, ashes, or smoke. Patterns in the medium under various circumstances are interpreted to envision future events.
    • Hekuba planned every single day of Calliope, Gadukz's and even to a lesser amount Castor's life since the moment one of the royal Slaugh foresaw their union with her powers of Abacomancy.2015, Selena Thane, Jinn Benevolence: Tuath Dé, Smashwords
    • "I have asked for a close colleague of mine to come and perform a small abacomancy."2016, P.L. Jones, Into the Shadows: A Rosedown Seminary Novel, Archway Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of abacomancy

Translingual: from Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”), and from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).

Questions about abacomancy

What does abacomancy mean?
Abacomancy means divination using dust, dirt, silt, sand, ashes, or smoke. Patterns in the medium under various circumstances are interpreted to envision future events.
What part of speech is abacomancy?
Abacomancy is a noun.

Words near abacomancy in the dictionary

  1. abackward
  2. abackwards
  3. abacmectin
  4. Abaco
  5. Abaco Islands
  6. abacomancy
  7. abacost
  8. abacosts
  9. abacot
  10. abacs
  11. abacter

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