Definition for HY'DRO-MAN-CY

HY'DRO-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. υδωρ, water, and μαντεια, divination.]

A method of divination or prediction of events by water: invented, according to Varro, by the Persians, and practiced by the Romans. Encyc.

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