-mancy
suff. Divination: bibliomancy.
[Middle English, from Old French
-mancie, from Late Latin
-mantīa, from Greek
manteia, -manteia, from
manteuesthai,
to prophesy, from
mantis,
prophet; see
men- in
Indo-European roots.]
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-mancy
n combining form indicating divination of a particular kind: chiromancy.
[from Old French -mancie, from Latin -mantia, from Greek manteia soothsaying]
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-mancy
a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: necromancy.
[Middle English
-manci(e),
-mancy(e) < Old French
-mancie < Latin
-mantīa < Greek
manteía divination. See
mantic,
-cy]
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