alectryomancy

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noun

A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a 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”

OriginLatin alectryomantia ← Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών →
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Meanings

nounalectryomancy (uncountable)

alternative alectoromancy · alternative alectyromancy · alternative alectormancy · alternative alectromanchy · alternative alectromancy · alternative electromancy · alternative alectromancy

  1. uncountableA form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a 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

Origin

  1. Latin-mantia
  2. Ancient Greekἀλεκτρυών“rooster”
  3. Latinalectryomantia
  4. Englishalectryomancy

From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia.

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Translations

Portuguese alectromancia
  • alectromanciaform of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain
Spanish alectomancia
  • alectomanciaform of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain
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