Meanings
plural chiromancies · alternative cheiromancy · alternative chiromancie · alternative chyromancia · alternative chyromancie · alternative chyromancy
- uncountableusuallySynonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...
1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name)1 more example
Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.
1995, C. Walker Encyc, Secret KnowledgeSynonyms: palmistry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
More synonyms by meaning
nountelling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
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Origin
- Ancient Greekχειρομαντεία
- Latinchīromantīa
- Middle Frenchchiromantie
- Middle Englishciromancie
- Englishchiromancy
Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
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chiromancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiromancy
“chiromancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiromancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiromancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiromancy.
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