cartomancy

noun

cartomancy

noun

/ˈkɑɹtəˌmænsi/

Etymology From carto- + -mancy.

1

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

  • These travelling magicians [...] rarely penetrated more deeply into magic than cartomancy, palmistry and the like.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 91:
Derived terms
cartomancer
Related terms
cartomantic

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