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manticism

manticism

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manticism (plural manticisms)

  1. 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:manticism.

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