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oneirocrisy

oneirocrisy noun: prognostication based on the interpretation of dreams.

Noun

oneirocrisy (uncountable)

  1. Prognostication based on the interpretation of dreams.
    • Having consulted his father thereupon, well skilled in Oneirocrisy, he called his son Kilkhan, and explained them thus: That according to the first dream, out of the progeny of Kilkhan should arise three princes which should possess the empire of the Moguls, and should transmit it to a fourth, who...1842, Charles Daubuz, Peter Lancaster, Matthew Habershon, A symbolical dictionary, page 175
    • It seems clear that he was a proficient in this art of oneirocrisy ; it being the practice after his apotheosis (for he became a god) for his worshippers to sleep beside his altar in the pious hope of a prophetic dream.1852, Abraham Moore Pindar, The Odes of Pindar, page 196

Origin of oneirocrisy

From Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”).

Questions about oneirocrisy

What does oneirocrisy mean?
Oneirocrisy means prognostication based on the interpretation of dreams.
What part of speech is oneirocrisy?
Oneirocrisy is a noun.

Words near oneirocrisy in the dictionary

  1. oneiric
  2. oneirically
  3. oneirism
  4. oneirisms
  5. oneiro-
  6. oneirocrisy
  7. oneirocrit
  8. oneirocrite
  9. oneirocrites
  10. oneirocritic
  11. oneirocritical

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