The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλιβανομαντεία
- English todaylibanomancy
From Ancient Greek λιβανομαντεία (libanomanteía), from λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”) + μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Divination by interpreting the smoke or ash of incense. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek λιβανομαντεία (libanomanteía), from λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”) + μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.