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ge⋅o⋅man⋅cy

[jee-uh-man-see]
–noun
divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.

Origin:
1325–75; ME < OF geomancie≪ LGk geōmanteía. See geo-, -mancy


ge⋅o⋅man⋅cer, noun
ge⋅o⋅man⋅tic, adjective
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ge·o·man·cy   (jē'ə-mān'sē)   
n.  Divination by means of lines and figures or by geographic features.

[Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geōmantia, from Late Greek geōmanteia, divination by signs from the earth : Greek geō-, geo- + Greek -manteia, -mancy.]
ge'o·man'cer n., ge'o·man'tic (-tĭk) adj.
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