hydromancy
hydromancy noun: divination by water or other liquid.
Noun
hydromancy (usually uncountable, plural hydromancies)
- Divination by water or other liquid.
- Hydromancy is the supposed art of divining by water. The Persians, according to Varro, invented it; Pythagoras and Numa Pompilius made use of it; and we still admire the like wonderful prognosticators.1797, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3rd edition
- Hydromancy was extensively practised by the Egyptian priests and sorcerers[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 39
hydromancy meaning in Bengali
hydromancy in Bengali
- জলের মাধ্যমে ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী
Forms of hydromancy
| plural | hydromancies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ydromancy |
| alternative form | hydromancie |
| alternative form | hydromantie |
| alternative form | hydromanty |
Origin of hydromancy
From French hydromancie or Late Latin hydromantia, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía); corresponding to hydro- + -mancy.
Words formed from hydromancy
Questions about hydromancy
- What does hydromancy mean?
- Hydromancy means divination by water or other liquid.
- What is hydromancy in Bengali?
- Hydromancy in Bengali is জলের মাধ্যমে ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী. See Hydromancy meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is hydromancy?
- Hydromancy is a noun.
- What is the plural of hydromancy?
- The plural of hydromancy is hydromancies.
Words near hydromancy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydromancy (page history and authors); hydromancy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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