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CHIROMANCY (from Gr. Xeip, hand, and yavreia, divination)

CHIROMANCY (from Gr. Xeip, See also:
HAND
HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)
hand, and yavreia, See also:
DIVINATION
DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY
divination) , the See also:

art of telling the See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character or See also:

FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of persons by studying the lines of the palms of the hands (see See also:

PALMISTRY, (from " palmist," one who studies the palm, and the Teutonic affix ry signifying " art "; also called CHIROMANCY, from xeip, the hand, and ,uavreia, divination)

PALMISTRY) .

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