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hydromantie

hydromantie

English

Noun

hydromantie (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of hydromancy.
    • 1597, King James Daemonologie:
      Of this roote [astrology] last spoken of, springs innumerable branches; such as the knowledge of natiuities; the Chiromancie, Geomantie, Hydromantie, Arithmantie, Physiognomie: & a thousand others: which were much practiced, & holden in great reuerence by the Gentiles of olde.