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oneirocrisy

noun

  1. Prognostication based on the interpretation of dreams.

    uncountable

    Having consulted his father thereupon, well skilled in Oneirocrisy, he called his son Kilkhan, and explained them thus: That according to the first dream, out of the progeny of Kilkhan should arise three princes which should possess the empire of the Moguls, and should transmit it to a fourth, who should subjugate a great part of the world, and divide it amongst his children.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”).

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

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