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chiromancy

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chi·ro·man·cy  (kr-mns)
n.
Palmistry.
chiro·mancer n.
chiromancy [ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ]
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) another word for palmistry
chiromancer  n
chiromancy, cheiromancy
palmistry.
See also: Divination, Hands
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Noun1.chiromancy - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the handchiromancy - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
chirology, palm reading, palmistry
fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
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chiromancy
n → Chiromantie f
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As one that was ever an ornament to human life,' says Mr Wegg, again holding out Mr Venus's palm as if he were going to tell his fortune by chiromancy, and holding his own up ready for smiting it when the time should come; 'as one that the poet might have had his eye on, in writing the national naval words:
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We pored together over such works as the Ververt et Chartreuse of Gresset; the Belphegor of Machiavelli; the Heaven and Hell of Swedenborg; the Subterranean Voyage of Nicholas Klimm by Holberg; the Chiromancy of Robert Flud, of Jean D'Indagine, and of De la Chambre; the Journey into the Blue Distance of Tieck; and the City of the Sun by Campanella.
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