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Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French -mancie, from Late Latin -mantīa, from Greek manteia, -manteia, from manteuesthai, to prophesy, from mantis, prophet; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“401 This prognostication of destiny by the stars and a host of follies that end in — mancy is an intricate and extensive subject.”
“I'm currently reading red headed stepchild by jaye wells after seeing it on the list of books to be read.. im enjoying it, but having a little trouble understanding some things .. like what's mage and a mancy?”
“There is also the highly suggestive definitation of cartomancy - literally from the French carte card + mancie -mancy: fortune-telling by the use of playing cards.”
“There are special soi-disant sciences for all these branches: — anthroposcopy, divination, oneiro-mancy, necromancy, etc.”
“[FN#401] This prognostication of destiny by the stars and a host of follies that end in - mancy is an intricate and extensive subject.”
“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.”
“First, not all words ending in - mancy are names of divination systems; aldermancy and psychomancy are good examples.”
“Secondly, there are a number of divination systems whose names end in something other than - mancy.”
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