Definitions for Rhabdomancy
ˈræb dəˌmæn sirhab·do·man·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancynoun

   searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rhabdomancynoun

   Divination with a wand or rod; dowsing.

2. Etymology: First attested in 1646. From rhabdomantia, from ῥαβδομαντεία, from ῥάβδος + μαντεία.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhabdomancynoun

   Divination by a wand.

   Etymology: ῥάβδος and μαντεία.

   Of peculiar rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries, with a forked hazel, commonly called Moses’s rod, which, freely held forth, will stir and play if any mine be under it. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

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1. Rhabdomancy

   Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like. One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It has also been used for divination by arrows (which have wooden shafts) - otherwise known as belomancy. Less commonly it has been assigned to the I Ching, which traditionally uses a bundle of yarrow shoots. Another type of rhabdomancy is dowsing in its traditional form of using a wooden stick, usually forked.Rhabdomancy has been used in reference to a number of Biblical verses. St Jerome connected Hosea 4:12, which reads "My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them" (KJV), to Ancient Greek rhabdomantic practices. Thomas Browne, in his Pseudodoxia Epidemica, notes that Ezekiel 21:21 describes the divination by arrows of Nebuchadnezzar II as rhabdomancy, though this can also be termed belomancy. Numbers 17 has also been attributed to rhabdomancy.W.F. Kirby, an English translator of the Kalevala, notes that in Runo 49, Väinämöinen uses rhabdomancy, or divination by rods, to learn where the Sun and Moon are hidden, but this interpretation is rejected by Aili Kolehmainen Johnson (1950).

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1. rhabdomancy

   Rhabdomancy is a method of divination or dowsing using a stick, rod, or wand. It has been traditionally used to locate underground water, minerals, grave sites, or other unseen objects or materials.

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1. Rhabdomancynoun

   same as Rabdomancy

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1. Rhabdomancy

   Rhabdomancy is a type of divination by means of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like. One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It has also been used for divination by arrows - otherwise known as belomancy. Less commonly it has been assigned to the I Ching, which uses small wooden rods, and also dowsing, which often uses a wooden stick. Rhabdomancy has been used in reference to a number of Biblical verses. St Jerome connected Hosea 4.12, which reads "My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them", to Ancient Greek rhabdomantic practices. Thomas Browne, in his Pseudodoxia Epidemica, notes that Ezekiel 21.21 describes the divination by arrows of Nebuchadnezzar II as rhabdomancy, though this can also be termed belomancy. Numbers 17 has also been attributed to rhabdomancy. W.F. Kirby, an English translator of the Kalevala, notes that in Runo 49, Väinämöinen uses rhabdomancy, or divination by rods, to learn where the sun and moon are hidden, but this interpretation is rejected by Aili Kolehmainen Johnson.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhabdomancy

   rab′dō-man-si, n. divination by means of rods, esp. the impudent imposture of finding water, &c., by means of the divining-rod.—n. Rhab′domancer.—adj. Rhabdoman′tic. [Gr. rhabdos, rod, manteia, divination.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhabdomancy

   a species of divination by means of a hazel rod to trace the presence of minerals or metals under ground.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhabdomancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhabdomancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Rhabdomancy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhabdomancy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Rhabdomancy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomancy
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rhabdomancy
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Rhabdomancy
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Rhabdomancy
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Rhabdomancy