noun
- Plural of hydromancy; instances or practices of divination by observing water, its movement, or reflections.
Usage: archaic; occult practice
Examples
- Ancient practitioners performed hydromancies by gazing into still pools to predict the future.
- The grimoire described several hydromancies used in medieval mystical traditions.
- Hydromancies were among the divination methods studied by Renaissance scholars of the occult.
- Some cultures incorporated hydromancies into their spiritual rituals and ceremonies.