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Definition of Oneiromancy
1. Noun. Divination through the interpretation of dreams.
Derivative terms: Oneiromancer
Definition of Oneiromancy
1. n. Divination by means of dreams.
Definition of Oneiromancy
1. Noun. Divination by the interpretation of dreams. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oneiromancy
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Medical Definition of Oneiromancy
1. Divination by means of dreams. Origin: Gr. A dream + -mancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oneiromancy
Literary usage of Oneiromancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"Occult Sciences—Magical powers attributed by higher to lower races— Magical
processes based on Association of Ideas—Omens—Augury, &c. —oneiromancy— ..."
2. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"THE OCCULT SCIENCES. The Origin of Magic.—The Savants and Philosophers reputed
to be Magicians.—Different Forms of Occult Sciences.—oneiromancy. ..."
3. The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History by Henry Christmas (1849)
"HAVING so far treated upon the theories by which oneiromancy was supported, and
beheld it, if it has one, upon its philosophical side, we must now reverse ..."
4. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"THE OCCULT SCIENCES. The Origin of Magic.—The Savants and Philosophers reputed
to be Magicians.—Different Forms of Occult Sciences.—oneiromancy. ..."
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