cheironomia

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A form of chironomy — The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.

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Meanings

nouncheironomia (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of chironomy

    Not satisfied with the cheironomia, every nation mentioned above invented written signs independently which were imitations of the hand-marks.

    1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 67
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