RHABDOMANCY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

Synonyms:

dowse; dowsing; rhabdomancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rhabdomancy" is a kind of...):

divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)

Derivation:

rhabdomancer (someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water)

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