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chiromancy

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/Part of speech nounSorted acchimnoryStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.

Used in a sentence

  • If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...
  • Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.

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