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licanomancy

licanomancy is the alternative form of lecanomancy.

Meaning of lecanomancy

Noun

lecanomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by interpreting the sound or effect of an object or substance (commonly a gem) falling into a body of water.
    • Diuination generally was done by diuers means..Hydromancy..done..in a basen of water, which is called Lecanomancie, in which Strabo sayth the Asians are singular.1610 Vives in J. Healey Saint Augustine of the Citie of God

Questions about licanomancy

What is licanomancy the alternative form of?
Licanomancy is the alternative form of lecanomancy.

Words near licanomancy in the dictionary

  1. lic.
  2. Licab
  3. LICADHO
  4. Licaner
  5. Licaners
  6. licanomancy
  7. Licantén
  8. licarbazepine
  9. licareol
  10. Licari
  11. Licaris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: licanomancy (page history and authors); lecanomancy (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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