by James Lambert
This is a collection of all those words terminating in the five letters -mancy, all of which (or at least most of which) refer to divinatory practices throughout the ages.
The list is intended to provide the latest and fullest knowledge of the meaning and occurences of these words. It provides full definitions, citations of actual usage, etymological histories, the (often numerous) variant spelling forms, and much other related or useful information about each of the terms.
Especially, it provides a historical record of the occurence and treatment of these words in English dictionaries from the 17th century (the period of the first English dictionaries) to present, with commentary regarding errors, omissions, wording of definitions, etc. It also shows up the practice of, often blatant, and often uncritical, copying amongst lexicographers throughout the years - a practice many would probably view as preposterous, given the exalted status with which the dictionary is often imbued.
adryomancy = hydromancy
[aegomantia] * NL *
aeromancy
aichmomancy
ailuromancy
alebromancy = aleuromancy
[alecomantia] * NL *
alectoromancy
alectryomancy
alentomancy = aleuromancy
aleuromancy
alomancy = halomancy
alphitomancy
amathomancy
ambulomancy
amniomancy
anagramalectryomancy
anthomancy
anthracomancy
anthromancy
anthropomancy
antinopomancy
apantomancy
arachnomancy
arithmancy
arithmomancy
armomancy
[artomantia] * NL *
[ash-onomancy]
aspidomancy
astragalomancy
astragyromancy
astromancy
austromancy
axinomancy
belomancy
bibliomancy
bolomancy = belomancy
botanomancy
brizomancy
brontomancy
capnomancy
carromancy = ceromancy
cartomancy
catoptromancy
cattabomancy
causimomancy
ceneromancy
cephaleonomancy
cephalomancy
cephalonomancy = cephaleonomancy
ceraunomancy
ceromancy
chalcomancy
chaomancy
chartomancy
cheiromancy = chiromancy
cheromancy = cheromomancy
cheromomancy
chilomancy = clidomancy
chiromancy
choiramancy
chresmomancy
chronomancy
chrystallomancy = crystallomancy
ciromancy = chiromancy or ceromancy
cledonismancy
cledonomancy
cleidomancy
cleromancy
clidomancy
[cock-omancy]
conchomancy
coscinomancy
cosnomancy = coscinomancy
cristallomantia
crithomancy
cromniomancy
cryptomancy
crystallomancy
cubomancy
[cyathomanteia]
cyclomancy
cylicomancy
cyromancy = chiromancy
dactyliomancy
daphnomancy
demonomancy
dendromancy
dririmancy
drymimancie
egromancy
eleaomancy
electromancy = alectoromancy
empyromancy
enoptomancy
enoptromancy
entomomancy
eromancy
eychnomancy = lychnomancy
felidomancy
fiznomancy = physiognomancy
floromancy
foliomancy
gastromancy
gelomancy
geomancy
giromancy = gyromancy
graphomancy
graptomancy
gyromancy
halomancy
hematomancy
hepatomancy
heromancy = aeromancy
hidromancy
hidromancy = hydromancy
hieromancy
hippomancy
hydromancy
hyomancy
ichnomancy
ichthyomancy
iconomancy
idolomancy
idromancie = hydromancy
igramancie = egromancy
kapnomancy = capnomancy
katoptromancy = catoptromancy
kephalomancy = cephalomancy
kephalonomancy = cephaleonomancy
[keptolomancy]
kledonomancy = cledonomancy
kleidomancy = cleidomancy
kleromancy = cleromancy
knissomancy
koskinomancy = coscinomancy
krithomancy = crithomancy
kypomancy
labiomancy
lampadomancy
lecanomancy
lecomantia ???
lekanomancy = lecanomancy
[letnomancy]
libanomancy
libanomancy
licanomancy = lecanomancy
lithomancy
livanomancy = libanomancy
logarithmancy
logomancy
lychnomancy
macharomancy
macromancy
maculomancy
magastromancy
magomancy
margaritomancy
mathemancy
mazomancy
meconomancy
meilomancy
meteoromancy
metopomancy
micromancy
mineramancy
molybdomancy
moromancy
myomancy
nagomancy
necromancy
necro-puro-geo-hydro-cheiro-coscino-mancy
nectromantia
necyomancy
nephelomancy
nephromancy
nigromancy
nomancy
numeromancy
oculomancy
odontomancy
oenomancy = oinomancy
[oil-onomancy]
oinomancy
ololygomancy
omphalomancy
oneiromancy
onimancy = onychomancy
oniromancy = oneiromancy
onomamancy = onomancy
onomancy
[onomantics]
onomatomancy
onomomancy = onomancy
onychomancy
onycomancy = onychomancy
onymancy, onyomancy = onychomancy
oomancy
ophiomancy
ophthalmomancy
ornithomancy
ornomancy
oromancie = uromancy
orphiomancy = ophiomancy
oryctomancy
ossomancy
osteomancy
ouranomancy = uranomancy
ouromancy = uromancy
ovomancy
[pantomancer]
papyromancy
[parthenomantia] * NL *
pedimancy
pedomancy
pegomancy
perimancie = pyromancy
pessomancy
phallomancy
phyllomancy
phyllorhodomancy
phylloromancy
physiognomancy
piromancy = pyromancy
pneumancy
podomancy
psephomancy
pseudomancy
psychomancy
[pullomantia] * NL *
pyromancy
rabdomancy = rhabdomancy
retromancy
rhabdomancy
rhapsodomancy
roadomancy
scapulomancy
scarpomancy
scatomancy
schematomancy
sciomancy
scyphomancy
selenomancy
sicomancy = sycomancy
sideromancy
sideromancy
spasmatomancy
spatalamancy
spatilomancy
spatulamancy
spealomancy
spheromancy
sphondulomancy
splanchnomancy
spodomancy
stareomancy
stercomancy
sternomancy
stichomancy
stigonomancy
stoicheiomancy
stoichomancy
stolisomancy
sycomancy
symbolomancy
tasseomancy
tephromancy
theomancy
theonomancy
theriomancy
thumomancy
tiromancy = tyromancy
topomancy
transataumancy
trochomancy
tuphramancy
[tylomancy]
tyromancy
umbilicomancy
uranomancy
urinomancy
uromancy
xenomancy
xylomancy
[ydromancy] = hydromancy
zoomancy
zygomancy