macharomancy

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noun

Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

OriginAncient Greek μαχαίρα →
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Meanings

nounmacharomancy (uncountable)

alternative machæromancy · alternative machairomancy

  1. uncountableDivination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

    1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]

    1 more example

    MACHAROMANCY: Use of swords, daggers, and knives as instruments of divination. Presumably of ancient origin.

    [1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 320

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμαχαίρα“dagger”
  2. Englishmacharomancy

From Ancient Greek μαχαίρα (makhaíra, “dagger”) + -mancy.

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macharomancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macharomancy

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Chicago

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