geomancy

American  

[jee-uh-man-see] / ˈdʒi əˌmæn si /

noun

1. divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.

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geomancy British  

/ ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsɪ /

noun

1. prophecy from the pattern made when a handful of earth is cast down or dots are drawn at random and connected with lines

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Other Word Forms

• geomancer
  noun
• geomantic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of geomancy

1325–75; Middle English < Old French geomancie ≪ Late Greek geōmanteía. See geo-, -mancy

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

geomancy

Feng shui is a traditional Chinese geomancy practice that is used to determine which location would be most auspicious.

From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2023

Puella and Rubeus were two figures in geomancy, representing two constellations-the one signifying Mars retrograde, the other Mars direct.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves

His treatises upon necromancy, geomancy, amulets and conjuration, were circulated from hand to hand.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

But I've no read o' a case in which necromancy, nor geomancy, nor coskinomancy, nor ony other mancy, was applied to sic a purpose as this.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes

Whereupon all present wondered at the King's skill in geomancy, saying, 'Verily, the King is a diviner, whose like there is not in the world.'

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne

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