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Meaning of "cartomancy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARTOMANCY

From French carte card + -mancy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CARTOMANCY

cartomancy  [ˈkɑːtəˌmænsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARTOMANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cartomancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARTOMANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cartomancy

Cartomancy

Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were first introduced into Europe in the 14th century. Practitioners of cartomancy are generally known as cartomancers, card readers, or simply readers. Cartomancy is one of the oldest of the more common forms of fortune-telling. It is similar to tarot card reading in that various card spreads are used, such as single card, "Destiny Square," and 3 cards. The tarot can also be used in cartomancy. Cartomancy using standard playing cards was the most popular form of providing fortune-telling card readings in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In English-speaking countries, a standard deck of Anglo-American bridge/poker playing cards can be used in the cartomancy reading; the deck is often augmented with jokers, and even with the blank card found in many packaged decks. In France, the 32-card piquet playing-card deck was, and still is, most typically used in cartomancy readings, while the 52-card deck was, and still is, also used for this purpose.

Definition of cartomancy in the English dictionary

The definition of cartomancy in the dictionary is the telling of fortunes with playing cards.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARTOMANCY


belomancy
ˈbeləˌmænsɪ
bibliomancy
ˈbɪblɪəʊˌmænsɪ
chiromancy
ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ
cleromancy
ˈklerəˌmænsɪ
coscinomancy
ˈkɒsɪnəʊˌmænsɪ
dactyliomancy
dækˈtɪlɪəˌmænsɪ
geomancy
ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsɪ
gyromancy
ˈdʒaɪrəˌmænsɪ
hieromancy
ˈhaɪərəˌmænsɪ
lampadomancy
ˈlæmpədəˌmænsɪ
lithomancy
ˈlɪθəˌmænsɪ
necromancy
ˈnɛkrəʊˌmænsɪ
oenomancy
ˈiːnəˌmænsɪ
pyromancy
ˈpaɪrəʊˌmænsɪ
rhabdomancy
ˈræbdəˌmænsɪ
scapulimancy
ˈskæpjʊləˌmænsɪ
scapulomancy
ˈskæpjʊləˌmænsɪ
sciomancy
ˈsaɪəˌmænsɪ
spodomancy
ˈspɒdəˌmænsɪ
zoomancy
ˈzəʊəˌmænsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARTOMANCY

cartogram
cartographer
cartographic
cartographical
cartographically
cartography
cartological
cartology
carton
cartonage
cartoon
cartoon character
cartoon strip
cartoonish
cartoonishly
cartoonist
cartoonlike
cartoony
cartop
cartophile

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARTOMANCY

adamancy
adiathermancy
aeromancy
athermancy
axinomancy
botanomancy
capnomancy
ceromancy
cheiromancy
crithomancy
crystallomancy
diathermancy
dormancy
fancy
gastromancy
hydromancy
myomancy
omphalomancy
ornithomancy
tephromancy
theomancy

Synonyms and antonyms of cartomancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cartomancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARTOMANCY

Find out the translation of cartomancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cartomancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cartomancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cartomancy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cartomancia
570 millions of speakers

English

cartomancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्ताओं पर पेशीनगोई
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

cartomancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гадание на картах
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cartomancia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাস দ্বারা ভবিষ্যত্-গণনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cartomancie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cartomancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kartenlegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トランプ占い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카드 점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cartomancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phép bói bài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆட்டச் சீட்டுகளைக் கொண்டு குறி சொல்லும் கலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रखरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iskambil falcılığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cartomanzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cartomancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ворожіння на картах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ghicit în cărți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρτομαντεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarzeggerij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cartomancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cartomancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cartomancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTOMANCY»

The term «cartomancy» is regularly used and occupies the 94.906 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTOMANCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cartomancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARTOMANCY»

Discover the use of cartomancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cartomancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cartomancy
"Michael A. Stackpole is incapable of writing a book that isn't imaginative and intelligent."–Stephen R. Donaldson, author of The Chronicle of Thomas Covenant New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole returns with the second ...
Michael A. Stackpole, 2006
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A Handbook of Cartomancy: Fortune-Telling and Occult Divination
1891 Fortune-Telling and Occult Divination - by the use of a regular deck of playing cards. Including the oracle of human-destiny, cagliostro's mystic alpha of the magi, and the golden wheel of fortunes.
Grand Orient, 1996
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A Manual of Cartomancy: Fortune-Telling and Occult Divination
1912 5th edition. Including the oracle of human destiny, Cagliostro's mystic alphabet of the Magi, the golden wheel of fortune, the art of invoking spirits in the crystal, the various methods of divination.
Grand Orient, 1996
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Cartomancy - Fortune Telling with Playing Cards:
This is of a quality you would expect to find in a book store. I have in the past purchased Julian's James Bond Cold Reading book and his Palm Reading book. For me this is one of the best.
Julian Moore, 2012
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Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot: Create Meaning ...
Combining the simplicity of the traditional but little-known Lenormand deck with the familiarity of the tarot, Dunn creates a unique learning format blending these two powerful systems.
Patrick Dunn, 2013
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A Manual of Cartomancy and Occult Divination
Contents: Lesser Secret Sciences and the Tradition Therein; Oracle of Human Destiny; Mystic Alphabet of the Magi; Golden Wheel of Fortune; Art of Invoking Spirits in the Crystal; Egyptian Method of Fortune-Telling; English Method of Fortune ...
Arthur Edward Waite, 1994
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Lenormand Cartomancy
Marie-Anne Lenormand was the greatest celebrity fortune teller of the Napoleonic Era.
Christopher Butler, 2013
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French Cartomancy
Marie Anne Lenormand is famous for being Napolean Bonaparte's trusted card reader. Let the Sibilla of the Salons guide you toward self-understanding and insight through this historically-inspired oracle deck.
Laura Tuan, 2006
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Cartomancy
CARTOMANCY includes the stories from SOLDIERS AND SCHOLARS as well as a number of tales previously unpublished in book form, all with new afterwords and topped and tailed with a specially revised version of her split story 'Cartomancy'.
Gentle, 2004
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Fortune-telling by Playing Cards: A New Guide to the Ancient ...
Discusses the origins, history, and symbolism of playing cards and describes traditional methods for forecasting the future with an ordinary deck of cards
Nerys Dee, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARTOMANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cartomancy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fool's Journey: The Language of Numbers in the Minor Arcana
Tarot is a system. This is one of the key things that sets it apart from other forms of cartomancy (card-based divination), such as oracle decks. «Autostraddle, Jul 15»
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Muli kayang makapagdya-Japan (2)
ay nagsasabing ang lalaking tutulong sa iyo upang muli kang makapag-Japan na binanggit na sa Cartomancy ay isinilang sa zodiac sign na ... «Bandera, Jun 15»
3
A brief history of Solitaire, Patience, and other card games for one
The theory is that the popularity of the game rose with the popularity of cartomancy, or divination by cards, as well as tarot card reading. «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»
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Inspired by Haiti, Photographer Alice Smeets Shoots "Ghetto Tarot …
The Haitians immediately loved the idea when I told it to them, being acquainted with cartomancy from the Voodoo religion. They immediately ... «Miami New Times, May 15»
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Weird of fortune! Artist creates tarot cards featuring smiling poop
Brown said he first became interesting in cartomancy — that's telling fortunes using a deck of cards — after encountering a friend's ... «Brooklyn Daily, Apr 15»
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Tarot Dreams
The use of the cards for divination, or cartomancy, followed later; by 1890, when Yeats had acquired his Tarot deck, the practice had spread ... «The New York Review of Books, Mar 15»
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'12 Monkeys' TV Show Will Sync to Apple's Home Lighting App
We've discussed tarot card tie-ins in the site before, but that was before Eva Green wowed us with her cartomancy skills on "Penny Dreadful," ... «WordandFilm.com, Dec 14»
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In the spirit of community: Paso Robles undergoes the process to …
... augury, card or tea reading, cartomancy, clairvoyance, crystalgazing, divination, fortune telling, hypnotism, magic, mediumship, necromancy, ... «New Times SLO, Dec 14»
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The Cartomancer - A Deck-building Diviner
... the active deck composition (least/lesser/greater) starts at 4/1/0 and amps up to 23/10/5 at level 20 – but how does this cartomancy work? «NERD TREK, Nov 14»
10
Meet the Witches of Etsy
... Hoodoo Magick," while her shop-the Enchanted Land-offers a menu of spells, pendulum readings, and cartomancy. Depending on what spell ... «VICE, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cartomancy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cartomancy>. Apr 2024 ».
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