geomancy
noun
divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
geomantic
-
a word derived from
geomancy.
Example Sentences
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The new Shanghai stock exchange is built in the shape of a hollowed square to help trap positive energy, a nod to the ancient geomantic rituals of feng shui.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ming Emperor Yung Lo followed his astrologer's plan to make the city a geomantic portrait of No Cha, a three-headed monster with six arms.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are several things that according to geomantic laws are essential to the making up of a good grave or Fung-Shuy.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan
Mr. Oldenbuck refused to give him any credit, telling him that he came without weapons, and did not use charms, lamen-sigel, talisman, spell-crystal, pentacle, magic-mirror, nor geomantic figure.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
Moreover, before she died, my father said to her, 'Draw me a geomantic figure and see the issue of my affair and what will befall me.'
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by John Payne
