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gas·tro·man·cy
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gastromancynoun
Divination by interpreting the sounds and signs of the belly. It is now sometimes associated as being a form of ventriloquism, where vocal sounds are produced from the belly.
gastromancynoun
Divination by noting magical visions in large-bellied glasses. It is sometimes described as a technique where a child is placed in front of a glass filled with water, the images in the glass were then interpreted. Similar to crystallomancy.
Etymology: gastro- stem from the gaster, the belly, and also the wide part of a bottle.
Webster Dictionary
Gastromancynoun
a kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach
Gastromancynoun
a species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art
Etymology: [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gastromancy
gas′tro-man-si, n. a means of divination by ventriloquism: divination by large-bellied glasses. [Gr. gastēr, belly, manteia, soothsaying.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gastromancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gastromancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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