Dictionary

arithmancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) + -mancy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
   • Of this roote last spoken of [astrology], springs innumerable branches; such as the knowledge of natiuities; the Chiromancie, Geomantie, Hydromantie, Arithmantie, Physiognomie: & a thousand others: which were much practiced, & holden in great reuerence by the Gentiles of olde. 1597, King James I of England, Daemonologie in forme of a dialogue, Book 1, page 14:

Forms

Deriveds

logarithmancy

Relateds

arithmosophy · numerology

Translations (5)

es aritmancia (divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name) · pt aritmancia (divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name) · pt aritmomancia (divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name) · it aritmomanzia (divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name) · es aritmomancia (divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name)