manticism

English

Etymology

From mantic (“pertaining to divination or prophecy”) +‎ -ism (“tendency of behaviour or action”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæntɪsɪzm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmantɪsɪzm/

Noun

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 quotations using this term, see Citations:manticism.

Translations

practice of divination

References

• “Ma·nticism” listed as a derivation of “Mantic, a.” on page 138/3 of § 1 (M, ed. Henry Bradley) of part ii (M–N) of volume VI (L–N, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)