noun
- divination with the help of ghosts
n.“divination by ghostly communication,” 1620s, from Modern Latin sciomantia, from scio-, Latinized comb. form of Greek skia “shade, shadow” (see shine (v.)) + Latinized form of Greek manteia (see -mancy).
noun
n.“divination by ghostly communication,” 1620s, from Modern Latin sciomantia, from scio-, Latinized comb. form of Greek skia “shade, shadow” (see shine (v.)) + Latinized form of Greek manteia (see -mancy).