McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Palmistry Or Chiromancy

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Palmistry Or Chiromancy


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is a species of divination by interpreting the lines in the palm of the human hand; often practiced by travelling fortune-tellers, especially Gypsies (q.v.). It has even been thought by some to be alluded to in Job_37:7 (see Walter, Numm eo chiromantea probari queat, Rint. 1729). SEE DIVINATION.