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-mancy

a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: necromancy.

Origin:
ME -manci(e), -mancy(e) < OF -mancie < L -mantīa < Gk manteía divination. See mantic, -cy
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-mancy 
combining form meaning "divination by means of," from O.Fr. -mancie, from L.L. -mantia, from Gk. manteia "oracle, divination," from mantis "seer, prophet, soothsayer," related to mania "madness, frenzy" (see mania).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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