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alectryomancy

American

[uh-lek-tree-uh-man-see] / əˈlɛk tri əˌmæn si /

Also alectoromancy

noun

an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.

1675–85; < Greek alektryṓ ( n ) rooster + -mancy

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