onomatomancy

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• Onomancy — (haplological for Onomamancy or Onomatomancy) is divination based on a subject s given name, popular in the Late Middle Ages, usually following practices of Gematria. See also Onomastics Arithmomancy This occult related article is a stub. You can …   Wikipedia

• onomancy — /ˈɒnəmænsi/ (say onuhmansee) noun divination obtained from the letters of names. Also, onomomancy, onomatomancy. {medieval Latin onomantia, shortened form of onomatomantia, equivalent to Greek onoma name + mancy} –onomantic, adjective …