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demonomancy

noun

Etymology

From demono- + -mancy.

  1. derived from μᾰντείᾱ — “divination”
  2. borrowed from -mantīa
  3. formed as demonomancy — “demono- + -mancy”

Definitions

  1. Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.

    • Demonomancy: Divination by means of demons. This divination takes place by the oracles they make, or by the answers they give to those who evoke them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for demonomancy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA