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oneiromancy

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o·nei·ro·man·cy  (-nr-mns)
n.
The practice of predicting the future through interpretation of dreams.
[Greek oneiros, dream + -mancy.]
o·neiro·mancer n.
oneiromancy [əʊˈnaɪərəʊˌmænsɪ]
n
Rare divination by the interpretation of dreams
[from Greek oneiros dream + -mancy]
oneiromancer  n
oneiromancy
a form of divination involving dreams. — oneiromancer, n.
See also: Divination
a form of divination involving dreams. — oneiromancer, n.
See also: Dreams
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Noun1.oneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreams
fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
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My favorite is Rule IX: "All books and writings dealing with geomancy, hydromancy, areomancy, pyromancy, oneiromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, or with sortilege, mixing of poisons, augury, auspices, sorcery, and magic arts are absolutely repudiated.
Don't read this! by Gilmour, Peter / U.S. Catholic
From the outset she was closely guided by the illustrious Doctor Alonso de Mendoza, a canon and theologian obsessed with oneiromancy who in turn handpicked Fray Lucas de Allende to assist him as her new personal confessor.
Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain by Bell, Rudolph M. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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