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manticisms

manticisms is the plural of manticism.

Meaning of manticism

Noun

manticism (plural manticisms)

  1. The practice of divination.
    • It is useless…to go to the manticism of the heathen to get light as to the nature of Hebrew prophecy.1861, Alexander McCaul, “Prophecy”, essay iii in Aids to Faith, ed. William Thomson, § 1, page 81

Questions about manticisms

What is manticisms the plural of?
Manticisms is the plural of manticism.

Words near manticisms in the dictionary

  1. Mantia
  2. Mantias
  3. mantic
  4. Manticao
  5. manticism
  6. manticisms
  7. manticora
  8. manticoras
  9. manticore
  10. manticores
  11. mantics

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