ambulomancy

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English

Etymology

From Latin ambulō (walk) +‎ -mancy.

Noun

ambulomancy (uncountable)

  1. Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
    • 2007 Summer, Anne Charles, “Narratives of People, Places, and Paintings”, in NWSA Journal, volume 19, number 2:
      Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy."
    • 2008, Dixie Deerman, Steve Rasmussen, The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems, →ISBN, page 123:
      To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.