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单词 astromancy
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Definition of astromancy in English:

astromancy

noun ˈastrəʊmansi
mass nounhistorical
  • Divination by the stars; astrology.

    the religious community was, generally, antagonistic to astromancy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even up to the present day men of intellectual eminence have convinced themselves that astromancy has a foundation of truth.
    • Catholics don't use astromancy to choose their pope.
    • In 16th-century intellectual circles, attacks by the humanists Pietro Pomponazzi and Pico della Mirandola challenged the standing of astromancy.
    • Here is a fantasy of necromancy and astromancy, gunpowder and swordplay, politics and crime.
    • I argue that astrology, which originated as astromancy, or astral divination - a dialogue with the divine - essentially still is that.
    Synonyms
    horoscopy, stargazing
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