Lexic.us

Definition of Rhabdomancy

1. Noun. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.

Definition of Rhabdomancy

1. n. Same as Rabdomancy.

Definition of Rhabdomancy

1. Noun. Divination with a wand or rod; dowsing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhabdomancy

1. [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Rhabdomancy

1. Same as Rabdomancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhabdomancy

Literary usage of Rhabdomancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"This is a very low brain-weight, below even that of Dr. Boyd's series of paupers and lunatics. rhabdomancy and Belomancy. ..."

2. Philosophy of Mysterious Agents, Human and Mundane: Or, The Dynamic Laws and by Edward Coit Rogers (1853)
"Phenomena of rhabdomancy—Ritter's and ... producing its movement without the usual instrumentality—Special observations on rhabdomancy by the author—Further ..."

3. Anthropological Studies by Anne Walbank Buckland (1891)
"... Gods—-Augury by Birds—Survival in the Wishing- bone—Miracles wrought by the Eod—Extreme Development of rhabdomancy among the Finns—Miraculous Virtues ..."

4. Anthropological Studies by Anne Walbank Buckland (1891)
"... by the Rod—Extreme Development of rhabdomancy among the Finns—Miraculous Virtues ascribed to Trees—Divination by Arrows—Used in casting Lots '—Belomancy ..."

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