chiromancy
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of chiromancy
Explanation
Chiromancy, or palmistry, is the art of reading palms to tell someone’s future. If you are in doubt about your future prom date or business venture, let chiromancy be your guide. If you like astrology and tarot cards, you might be interested in chiromancy, which involves looking at a person’s palms to determine their destiny. Chiromancy is a form of fortune-telling, and chiromancers look closely at the different lines on your palm to make predictions about your career, love life, and happiness. This is a rare word for what is usually called palmistry or palm-reading these days.
Example Sentences
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Séances were a fad; so were hypnotism, chiromancy and telepathy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2016
By the 17 century, the great age of wars of religion, palmistry, and chiromancy, knowledge of and on the hand would become major sciences.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2012
He longed to believe in it, and had studied, though not learnedly, geomancy, astrology, chiromancy, and much cabalistic symbolism, and yet doubted if the soul outlived the body.
From Ideas of Good and Evil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Four membra treat of the discovery of character by chiromancy, physiognomy, dreams and astrology.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Your Messahalah and your Longomontanus, your harmony of chiromancy with astrology.
From Love for Love: a Comedy by William Congreve
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