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RHABDOMANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Synonyms:
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)