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onomancy

onomancy noun: divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.

Noun

onomancy (usually uncountable, plural onomancies)

  1. (usually) divination by the letters of a name; nomancy

Forms of onomancy

pluralonomancies

Origin of onomancy

From Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + -mancy. Compare nomancy.

Questions about onomancy

What does onomancy mean?
Onomancy means divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
What part of speech is onomancy?
Onomancy is a noun.
What is the plural of onomancy?
The plural of onomancy is onomancies.

Words near onomancy in the dictionary

  1. Onodis
  2. onoi
  3. onolatries
  4. onolatry
  5. onomancies
  6. onomancy
  7. onomantia
  8. onomantic
  9. onomantical
  10. onomasiologic
  11. onomasiological

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