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Gyromancy — Gyr o*man cy (j[i^]r [ o]*m[a^]n s[y^] or j[imac] r[ o] ), n. [Gr. gy^ros ring, circle + mancy: cf. F. gyromancie.] A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande & C. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gyromancy — A method of divination in which a person spins around inside or walks the circumference of a circle drawn on the ground, which circumference is marked with letters of an alphabet. The divination is inferred from the position at which the person… … Wikipedia
gyromancy — noun a) Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy, the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing. b) Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters … Wiktionary
gyromancy — divination by falling from dizziness Divination and Fortune Telling … Phrontistery dictionary
gyromancy — gy·ro·man·cy … English syllables
gyromancy — Divination involving walking in a circle until you fall down … Grandiloquent dictionary
gyromancy — ˈjīrəˌman(t)sē noun ( es) Etymology: probably from Middle French gyromancie, from gyro gyr + mancie mancy : divination in which one walking in or around a circle falls from dizziness and prognosticates from the place of the fall … Useful english dictionary
Astrology — Not to be confused with Astronomy. ‹ The template below (Ast box) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › … Wikipedia
Divination — This article is about divination as a whole. For the numerous varieties of divination, see Methods of divination. For other uses, see Divination (disambiguation). This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, supposedly tells the future by interpreting the… … Wikipedia
Numerology — is any study of the purported mystical relationship between a count or measurement and life. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Numerology and numerological divination by systems such as isopsephy were popular among early… … Wikipedia
