Palmistry Information - Definitions
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Dictionary Definitions of the Word Palmistry
Merriam Webster Online
Pronunciation: 'pä-m&-strE, 'päl-, 'po-, 'pol-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English pawmestry, probably from paume palm + maistrie mastery
: the art or practice of reading a person's character or future from the lines on the palms
Encyclopaedia Britanica
also called Chiromancy, or Chirosophy, reading of character and divination of the future by interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand. The origins of palmistry are uncertain. It may have begun in ancient India and spread from there. It was probably from their original Indian home that the traditional fortune-telling of the Gypsies was derived.
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The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
palmist
noun [C] (ALSO palm reader)
a person who looks at the lines on the inside of your hand and tells you what these lines say about your character and your future
palmistry
noun (ALSO palm reading)
the skill and activity of looking at the lines on the inside of people's hands and claiming to be able to see signs about their character and future
Wictionary
Noun
palmistry
MSN Encarta
Fortune telling from hands: the practice of examining the features of somebody's palms supposedly in order to predict that person's destiny
Word Reference
Palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Bartleby
The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks and patterns on the palms of the hands
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—n.
the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
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The art and practice of telling someone's fortune by reading the lines on the palm of their hand. Also called chiromancy
Wilkipedia
Chiromancy or cheiromancy, (Greek cheir, “hand”; manteia, “divination”), is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palmistry, palm-reading, or hand analysis. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations.
Modern palmistry can trace its roots back to gypsy fortune tellers, and Indian mystics, but often modern palmists combine traditional predictive techniques with psychology, holistic healing, and alternative methods of divination. .
The practice of chiromancy is regarded by many as a pseudoscience, and no hard scientific evidence has been found to back up claims of veracity. It should be noted that the information outlined below is representative of modern palmistry; there are many - often conflicting - interpretations of various lines and palmar features across various "schools" of palmistry. None of these interpretations have been verified by any objective scientific research.
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• noun the supposed interpretation of a person’s character or prediction of their future by examining the hand.
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—n.
the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
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