alectryomancy
English
Alternative forms
- alectoromancy
- alectyromancy
- alectormancy (rare)
- alectromanchy (rare)
- alectromancy (showing elision)
- electromancy
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancy.
Noun
alectryomancy (uncountable)
- A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
- "Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
Translations
form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain
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References
- alectryomancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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