-mancy


  1. a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: necromancy.

Origin of -mancy

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Middle English -manci(e), -mancy(e) <Old French -mancie<Latin -mantīa<Greek manteía divination. See mantic, -cy

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-mancy

n combining form
  1. indicating divination of a particular kind: chiromancy

Origin of -mancy

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from Old French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia soothsaying

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