chirology
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chirology
(kaɪˈrɒlədʒɪ)n
(Alternative Belief Systems) another word for chirognomy
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chirology, cheirology
Rare. the study of the hands.
See also: Hands-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  chirology - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the handfortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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chei·rol·o·gy
, chirologyn. quirología.
1. estudio de la mano;
2. uso del lenguaje por señas como medio de comunicación con los sordomudos.
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