- cartomancy
- [ʹkɑ:təmænsı] n
гадание на картах
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cartomancy
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Cartomancy — is fortune telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were first introduced into Europe in the 14th century [Huson, Paul (2004). [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0892811900 Mystical… … Wikipedia
Cartomancy — Car to*man cy, n. [Cf. F. cartomancie. See {Card}, and { mancy}.] The art of telling fortunes with cards. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cartomancy — noun Fortune telling using cards, as in tarot … Wiktionary
cartomancy — telling fortunes using playing cards Divination and Fortune Telling … Phrontistery dictionary
cartomancy — n. divination, practice of foretelling the future using cards … English contemporary dictionary
cartomancy — [ kα:tə(ʊ)ˌmansi] noun fortune telling involving the interpretation of playing cards. Derivatives cartomancer noun Origin C19: from Fr. cartomancie, from carte card + mancie (see mancy) … English new terms dictionary
cartomancy — car·to·man·cy … English syllables
cartomancy — Magic using cards or prophecy using cards … Grandiloquent dictionary
cartomancy — /ˈkatəmænsi/ (say kahtuhmansee) noun divination by cards, whether a standard pack or a special one such as the tarot pack. {French cartomancie, from carto card + mancie mancy} …
cartomancy — n. divination or fortune telling by playing cards … Dictionary of difficult words
Cartomancy — Fortune telling by the use of cards, usually playing cards. Gypsies often used this method of fortune telling. See Divination … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
