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chiromanticus

chiromanticus [cf. χειρόμαντις, (?) conf. w. χειρονόμος] , chiromancer, palmist. chironomantici sunt qui a manuum inspectione rerum vaticinantur abscondita J. Sal. Pol. 408C (cf. ib. 461D: chironomantici vera que in rugis manuum latent se nosse gloriantur); c1320 sunt et alii qui ciromantici dicuntur; et sunt illi manuum inspectores, qui per lineamenta earum dicunt se futura contingencia scire et predicere (Fasciculus Morum) Hist. Francisc. Eng. 229.

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