Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHI'RO-MAN-CY
CHI'RO-MAN-CERCHIR'O-MAN-IST, or CHIR'O-MAN-TIST
CHI'RO-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. χειρ, the hand, and μαντεια, divination.]
Divination by the hand; the art or practice of attempting to foretell events, or to discover the dispositions of a person, by inspecting the lines and lineaments of his hand. – Brown.
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