| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| rhabdomancy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rhab·do·man·cy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r b d -mn s |
| NOUN: | Divination by means of a wand or rod, especially for discovering underground water or ores. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Greek rhabdomanteia : Greek rhabdos, rod; see wer-2 in Appendix I + Greek -manteia, -mancy. | | OTHER FORMS: | rhabdo·mancer —NOUN
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