-mancy
a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element:
necromancy.
-mancy
combining form
indicating divination of a particular kind chiromancy
word origin
from old french -mancie, from latin -mantia, from greek manteia soothsaying
-mancy
combining form meaning “divination by means of,” from o.fr. -mancie, from l.l. -mantia, from gk. manteia “oracle, divination,” from mantis “seer, prophet, soothsayer,” related to mania “madness, frenzy” (see mania).
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