arithmancy
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English
Alternative forms
- arithmomancy, arithomancy
- arythmancy (early)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) + -mancy.
Noun
arithmancy (uncountable)
- Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
- 1597, King James I of England, Daemonologie in forme of a dialogue, Book 1, page 14:
- Of this roote last spoken of [astrology], springs innumerable branches; such as the knowledge of natiuities; the Chiromancie, Geomantie, Hydromantie, Arithmantie, Physiognomie: & a thousand others: which were much practiced, & holden in great reuerence by the Gentiles of olde.
Derived terms
Translations
divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
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See also
References
- “arithmancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.