alphitomancy

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(al fit′ə man′sē)


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al•phit•o•man•cy  (al fit′ə man′sē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Antiquity, Anthropologythe use of barley meal as a means of divination.
  • Greek álphito(n) barley + -mancy, probably influenced by Greek alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal
  • 1645–55


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