Palmistry

  • 21palmistry — /pamastriy/ The practice of telling fortunes by a feigned interpretation of the lines and marks on the hand. Also, a trick with the hand …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22palmistry — The practice of foretelling the fortune of a person by reading the lines which appear upon the palm of the hand. A crafty science whereby the simple minded are apt to be deceived. 36 Am J2d Fortunetelling § 2 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 23palmistry — n. supposed divination from lines and other features on the palm of the hand. Derivatives: palmist n. Etymology: ME (orig. palmestry) f. PALM(2): second element unexpl …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24palmist, palmistry —   Kilo nānā lima, kilokilo nānā lima …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 25CHIROMANCY (Palmistry) — The determination of a man s character and frequently of his fate and future from lines and other marks on the palm and fingers was one of the mantic arts which developed in the Near East, apparently, during the Hellenistic period. No early… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 26palmist — palmistry ► NOUN ▪ the supposed interpretation of a person s character or prediction of their future by examining the hand. DERIVATIVES palmist noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 27Chiromancy — or cheiromancy, (Greek cheir (χειρ), “hand”; manteia (μαντεία), “divination”), is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palmistry, palm reading, chirology or hand analysis. The… …

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  • 28Samudrika Shastra — is hand analysis in the Vedic tradition, a Sanskrit term that translates roughly as knowledge of body features. This tradition assumes that every natural or acquired bodily mark encodes its owner s psychology and destiny. Elevation, depression,… …

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  • 29Frank Clifford — Frank Connolly Clifford (13 April 1973 ) is a writer, columnist, teacher and a consultant in astrology and palmistry based in the UK. Named after his father Frank Clifford, and the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, Frank is the son of an Irish… …

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  • 30Cheiro — William John Warner Born November 1, 1866(1866 11 01) Dublin, Ireland Died October 8, 1936(1936 10 08) (aged 69) …

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