"-mancy" meaning in English

See -mancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-mantīa}} Latin -mantīa, {{der|en|grc|μᾰντείᾱ|t=divination}} Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -mancy, {{en-suffix}} -mancy
  1. Divination. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Divination Translations (specified forms of divination): -mància [feminine] (Catalan), -mantia (Finnish), -mancie [feminine] (French), -mancia [feminine] (Galician), -mantie [feminine] (German), -μαντεία (-manteía) [feminine] (Greek), -manzia [feminine] (Italian), -mantīa [feminine] (Latin), -mancja (Polish), -mancia [feminine] (Portuguese), -manție [feminine] (Romanian), -мантия (-mantija) [feminine] (Russian), -mancia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--mancy-en-suffix-USL2RyEL Disambiguation of Divination: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'specified forms of divination': 96 4
  2. (fantasy) Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Fantasy, Fictional abilities
    Sense id: en--mancy-en-suffix-Zot4I3iR Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 100 Topics: fantasy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "word": "chaomancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "chartomancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheiromancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "chiromancy"
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      "word": "cleromancy"
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      "word": "coscinomancy"
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      "word": "criomancy"
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      "word": "crithomancy"
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    {
      "word": "crystallomancy"
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      "word": "dactyliomancy"
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      "word": "dactylomancy"
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      "word": "daphnomancy"
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      "word": "diathermancy"
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      "word": "electro-thermancy"
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      "word": "enoptomancy"
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    {
      "word": "felidomancy"
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      "word": "floromancy"
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      "word": "gastromancy"
    },
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      "word": "geomancy"
    },
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      "word": "gyromancy"
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      "word": "halomancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hematomancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hemomancy"
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      "word": "hieromancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hydromancy"
    },
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      "word": "ichthyomancy"
    },
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      "word": "labiomancy"
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      "word": "lecanomancy"
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      "word": "lithomancy"
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      "word": "meteoromancy"
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      "word": "metopomancy"
    },
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      "word": "molybdomancy"
    },
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      "word": "myomancy"
    },
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      "word": "narcomancy"
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      "word": "necromancy"
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      "word": "nomancy"
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      "word": "omphalomancy"
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      "word": "oneiromancy"
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      "word": "onomancy"
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      "word": "onomomancy"
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      "word": "onychomancy"
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      "word": "ophiomancy"
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      "word": "ornithomancy"
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      "word": "padomancy"
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      "word": "pedomancy"
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      "word": "pegomancy"
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      "word": "phyllomancy"
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      "word": "priapomancy"
    },
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      "word": "pseudomancy"
    },
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      "word": "psychomancy"
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      "word": "pyromancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "rabdomancy"
    },
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      "word": "rhabdomancy"
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      "word": "rhapsodomancy"
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      "word": "scapulimancy"
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      "word": "scatomancy"
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      "word": "sciomancy"
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      "word": "scyphomancy"
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      "word": "sideromancy"
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      "word": "spodomancy"
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      "word": "stichomancy"
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      "word": "stigonomancy"
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      "word": "tasseomancy"
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      "word": "technomancy"
    },
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      "word": "tephramancy"
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      "word": "theomancy"
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      "word": "tyromancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "topomancy"
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      "word": "uranomancy"
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      "name": "bor"
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          "Divination",
          "divination#English"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mància"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "word": "-mantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mantie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-manteía",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-μαντεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-manzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mantīa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "word": "-mancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-manție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-mantija",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-мантия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    }
  ],
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    "en:mancy"
  ],
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}

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