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hydromancy

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hy·dro·man·cy  (hdr-mns)
n.
Divination by the observation of water.

[Middle English ydromancy, from Old French ydromancie, from Latin hydromanta, from Greek hudromanteia : hudro-, hydro- + manteia, -mancy; see -mancy.]

hydromancy
a form of divination involving observations of water or of other liquids.
See also: Divination, Water
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Noun1.hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
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.
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