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ambulomancy

ambulomancy noun: any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.

Noun

ambulomancy (uncountable)

  1. Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
    • Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy."2007 Summer, Anne Charles, “Narratives of People, Places, and Paintings”, in NWSA Journal, volume 19, number 2
    • To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.2008, Dixie Deerman, Steve Rasmussen, The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems, →ISBN, page 123

Origin of ambulomancy

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) + -mancy.

Questions about ambulomancy

What does ambulomancy mean?
Ambulomancy means any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
What part of speech is ambulomancy?
Ambulomancy is a noun.

Words near ambulomancy in the dictionary

  1. ambulift
  2. ambulifts
  3. ambulism
  4. ambulocetid
  5. ambulocetids
  6. ambulomancy
  7. ambulometer
  8. ambulometers
  9. ambulophobia
  10. ambuphylline
  11. Amburayan

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