arithmancy

noun

1. Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name

   uncountable

   Of this roote last spoken of [astrology], springs innumerable branches; such as the knowledge of natiuities; the Chiromancie, Geomantie, Hydromantie, Arithmantie, Physiognomie: & a thousand others: which were much practiced, & holden in great reuerence by the Gentiles of olde.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) + -mancy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry arithmancy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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