Mantic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæntɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mantic is an adjective meaning Relating to divination; prophetic.
Meaning
Relating to divination; prophetic.
More Meanings
- A soothsayer, a seer.
Example Sentences
Surprisingly ignored are Israel’s more momentous earlier prophets or mantic guilds affiliated with Elijah and destined to be transformed into the writing prophets of Judah after 750 […]
[H]e casts his horoscope secundum artem, then, taking a branch of tamarisk, a favorite tree from which to get the divining rod, he names some twenty-nine or thirty mantic arts, from pyromancy to necromancy, by which he offers to predict his future.
Word Forms
- mantics
Synonyms for mantic
Depending on context, synonyms include sibylline, prophetic, vatic, vatical, sibyllic, divinatory.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include divinatory, vatical, vatic, prophetic, sibyllic, sibylline.
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