-mancy
-mancy repr. (O)F. -mancie — late L. -mantīa — Gr. manteíā divination, f. manteúesthai prophesy, f. mántis prophet, diviner. Some of the comps. with this ending repr Gr. words, as chiromancy, necromancy, others late L. or medL. words, as geomancy, hydromancy; and others have been formed on Gr. models, as crystallomancy, lithomancy.
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