manticism
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Etymology
From mantic (“pertaining to divination or prophecy”) + -ism (“tendency of behaviour or action”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manticism (plural manticisms)
- The practice of divination.
- 1861, Alexander McCaul, “Prophecy”, essay iii in Aids to Faith, ed. William Thomson, § 1, page 81:
- It is useless…to go to the manticism of the heathen to get light as to the nature of Hebrew prophecy.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manticism.
- 1861, Alexander McCaul, “Prophecy”, essay iii in Aids to Faith, ed. William Thomson, § 1, page 81:
Translations
practice of divination
References
- “Ma·nticism” listed as a derivation of “Mantic, a.” on page 138/3 of § 1 (M, ed. Henry Bradley) of part ii (M–N) of volume VI (L–N, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
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