Chiromancy
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- Divination performed by examining the palms.
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Quotations
- 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster
- If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...
- 1995 C. Walker Encyc. Secret Knowledge
- Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.
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Synonyms
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See also
- Alectormancy
- Dermatoglyphics
- Digit ratio
- Single transverse palmar crease
- Chironomia - the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric or oratory
- Guidonian hand
- Phrenology
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