"geomancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: geomancies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English geomancy, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|geomancy}} Middle English geomancy, {{der|en|ML.|geomantia}} Medieval Latin geomantia, {{der|en|grc|γεωμαντεία}} Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía), {{af|en|geo-|-mancy}} geo- + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} geomancy (usually uncountable, plural geomancies)
  1. A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (type of divination): عِلْم الرَمْل (ʕilm ar-raml) (Arabic), رَمْل (raml) (Arabic), ռամ (ṙam) (Armenian), geomància [feminine] (Catalan), geomantie [feminine] (Czech), geomanti (Danish), geomantie [feminine] (Dutch), geomantiek [feminine] (Dutch), geomantia (Finnish), géomancie [feminine] (French), xeomancia [feminine] (Galician), Geomantie [feminine] (German), γεωμαντεία (geomanteía) [feminine] (Greek), geomancia (Hungarian), geomancio (Ido), geomanzia [feminine] (Italian), geomantia [New-Latin] (Latin), geomance (Middle English), geomanci (Middle English), geomancy (Middle English), geomansi (Middle English), geomansy (Middle English), geomanty (Middle English), geomensie (Middle English), geomensy (Middle English), geomensye (Middle English), geomese (Middle English), geomesie (Middle English), geomessie (Middle English), gemensye (Middle English), geemessye (Middle English), geomantikk [masculine] (Norwegian), geomancja [feminine] (Polish), geomancia [feminine] (Portuguese), geomanție [feminine] (Romanian), геомантия (geomantija) [feminine] (Russian), geomancia [feminine] (Spanish), ramli (Swahili), geomanti (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-geomancy-en-noun-Xq~KloPQ Disambiguation of 'type of divination': 100 0
  2. feng shui; Chinese geomancy. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Divination
    Sense id: en-geomancy-en-noun-L93hkXDq Disambiguation of Divination: 21 79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with geo-, English terms suffixed with -mancy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with geo-: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mancy: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geomancie [Early, Modern] Related terms: Chinese geomancy, geomance, geomancer, geomant, geomantic, geomantically

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    "en:Divination"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English geomancy, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy.",
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        {
          "text": "1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv.\nHard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come..."
        },
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          "ref": "1855, Edward Smedley et al., The Occult Sciences, London: Richard Griffin, page 314:",
          "text": "The Arabian Geomancy, said to have been first practised by Almadul, was more recondite, being founded on the effects of motion under the crust of the earth, the chinks thus produced, and the noises or thunderings heard; its foundation was the dogma of Aristotle, that \"the moving of the heaven is everlasting, and is the beginning and cause of all inferior movings.\"",
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          "ref": "1973, K. Ellis, Prediction and Prophecy, page 61:",
          "text": "In geomancy, the enquirer himself was asked to stab the earth at random with a pointed stick. The soothsayer then read the dots.",
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          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 230:",
          "text": "The fountain or the well represents a point where invisible energies flow into a society; in geomancy these would be known as \"power points.\" Where these energies are, elementals or genii loci or nature spirits congregate.",
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        "A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed."
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          "ref": "1899, William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary, volume III, page 61:",
          "text": "geomancy [...] The pretended art of divining future events, or of ascertaining the luckiness or unluckiness of any event or locality, by means of signs connected with the earth [...] or, as in China, from the configuration and aspect of a particular region in its relation to some other.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, M. Edwardes, The Dark Side of History, page 12:",
          "text": "There was [...] a striking similarity between Mesopotamian and Chinese thinking - if not method - in the concept of feng-shui, the Chinese system of geomancy, or divination by topographical features.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Serge Augier, Shen Gong and Nei Dan in Da Xuan:",
          "text": "You realize we all live in our surroundings, and you start to look at your surroundings through Feng Shui and geomancy, and try to see, if we understand ourselves and others, how can we make our surroundings as good as they can be for us and the others.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕilm ar-raml",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "عِلْم الرَمْل"
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      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "ռամ"
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      "word": "geomantiek"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomantia"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "xeomancia"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Geomantie"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "γεωμαντεία"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomancio"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of divination",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "geomanzia"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomanci"
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      "sense": "type of divination",
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomansi"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomansy"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomanty"
    },
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomensie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomensy"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomensye"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomese"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomesie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomessie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "gemensye"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geemessye"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "geomantikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geomancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geomancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geomanție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "geomantija",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "геомантия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geomancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "ramli"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of divination",
      "word": "geomanti"
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    "geomancy"
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}

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