Chiromancy

Alternative forms

• Early modern English: cheiromancy, chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy

Origin

- + mancy + -, from Middle French chiromancie.

Full definition of chiromancy

Noun

1. Divination performed by examining the lines in the palms.
• 1620 J. Melton AstrologasterIf 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 KnowledgeModern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.

Synonyms

• palmistry

Derived terms

• chiromancer
• chiromantic
• chiromantical