cephalomancy

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noun

Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.

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Meanings

nouncephalomancy (uncountable)

alternative cephaleonomancy · alternative cephalonomancy · alternative kephalomancy · alternative kephalonomancy

  1. uncountableDivination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.

    Cephalomancy was divination by a donkey's head […]

    1931, Lock tr. de Givry, Picture Museum of Sorcery

Origin

From cephalo- + -mancy.

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APA

cephalomancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalomancy

MLA

“cephalomancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalomancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cephalomancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalomancy.

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