palmistry

Definition

Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand.

Etymology

From Middle English palmestrie. Equivalent to palm + -ist + -ry.

Example Sentences

• "Chiromantie is a coniecturyng by beholdyng the lynes, or wryncles of the handes called commonly Palmistry."
• "And those fayre hands within whose louely palmes, Fortune diuineth happie Augurie, Those straightest fingers dealing heauenly almes, Pointed with pur’st of Natures Alcumie, Where loue sits looking in loues palmistrie."
• "[…] but his [God’s] right hand of truth and bountie, does by a Catholike and vnfeigned Palmistrie, shew the blessings prouided for other men!"