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
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
A long table was covered with scrolls, skulls, crucibles, crystals, star-charts, geomantic figures, and other appurtenances of a magician's calling.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
It may be a clerical error for "Zaraba Raml" = he struck sand, i.e., made geomantic figures.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
