geomancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)

OE. geomance, geomancie, F. géomance, géomancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr. , , the earth + divination.

A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.