daphnomancy, dophonomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by throwing laurel leaves on a sacred fire from a grove sacred to Appollo: According to
daphnomancy, if the leaves crackled in the flames, the forecast would be favorable, but if they burned quietly, the prophecy was negative.
Dophonomancy is a kind of prophecy by interpreting the crackle sound of a laurel branch on a fire.
demonomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by calling on demons for prophecies: Demonomancy is the prediction of the future using the help of an evil supernatural being to disclose information, but demonomancy can also involve black magic.
dendromancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination through the use of plants, their leaves and branches: Dendromancy can work the best by using oak and mistletoe!
diathermancy
(s) (noun), diathermancies
(pl)
In general physics, the property of transmitting infrared radiation; diathermaneity: Diathermancy is the stat of being diathermic.
divinal
(adjective), more divinal, most divinal
Pertaining to divination; divinatory, magical: Marge was looking forward to some divinal, or fortune-telling, games at her friend's birthday party.
divination
(s) (noun), divinations
(pl)
1. The method or practice of attempting to foretell the future or discovering the unknown through omens, oracles, or by supernatural powers:
Divinations involve being able to foresee approaching events or obtaining secret knowledge through communication with holy sources and through signs and revelations.
2. A prophecy or prediction; soothsaying or the interpretation of omens or events: A
divination is based on the belief in making events known to humans by the spirits and in supernatural forms of knowledge and so it attempts to make known those things that neither reason nor science can discover.
3. A premonition or feeling of apprehension about something that is going to happen: The system of
divination takes for granted that spiritual beings exist, are approachable by humans, have access to the knowledge which people do not possess, and are willing, depending on certain conditions, to let supernatural beings communicate the special knowledge which they are believed to possess.
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diviner
(s) (noun), diviners
(pl)
1. A person who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers: Little Nancy said she was a
diviner who could foretell the future of her friends by looking into her glass globe.
2. Someone who searches for underground water, metal, or minerals: Jack was termed by his neighbors to be a
diviner because he had a divining rod which he used to look for old coins in his backyard.
This diviner can't even see the present much less the future. The financial adviser was seeking guidance for future investments via the crystal ball and may now have just seen a prophecy of a "crash" in the stock market.
dophonomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by interpreting the crackle sound of a laurel branch on a fire; daphnomancy: At the party, the guests played dophonomancy while sitting around the fireplace listened to the snapping noises of the laurel branches burning in the flames.
dririmancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by observing dripping blood: In the scary movie, Jack and Jill watched the witch doing dririmancy while watching the thick blood of her victim oozing and dribbling over the stones.
elaeomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination with oil: Mrs Simmons heard about elaeomancy, and thought she would use some olive oil to analyzr its patterns and designs on a liquid surface in her kitchen.
empyromancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by observing fire and smoke, or the objects, on a sacrificial fire: In empyromancy eggs, flour, and incense were used for foretelling the future, as well as shoulder blades of the sacrificed victim.
enoptromancy
(s) (noun), enoptromancies
(pl)
Divination or fortune telling with mirrors: The seer walked down to the river carrying a looking glass in order to conduct the enoptromancy which she had promised to do for the villagers.
epatoscomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by examining the entrails of animals:
Epatoscomancy is the practice of telling the future by scrutinizing the viscera of human sacrifices.
Eepatoscomancy is also known as "anthropomancy". ...
eromancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
A form of divination with the use of water vessels:
Eromancy is an Oriental (Persian) kind of fortunes-telling in which a person coveres his head with a cloth and mutters questions above a vase of water.
Stirrings on the surface would be regarded as a good omen.
extispiciomancy
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by examining animal entrails; extispicy: In her book about divinations, Mary read about extispiciomancy as being the art of deriving omens from the viscera of sacrificed animals.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "divination, diviner; seer, soothsayer, prophecy, prophesy, prophet":
augur-;
auspic-;
fa-, fate;
Fates in action;
futur-;
omen;
-phemia;
sorc-, sorcery;
vati-.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "chance, luck, fate":
aleato-;
auspic-;
cad-;
fortu-;
serendipity;
sorc;
temer-;
tycho-.
