alphitomancy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alphitomancy
1645–55; < Greek álphito ( n ) barley + -mancy, probably influenced by Greek alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal
Example Sentences
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By alphitomancy, cried up by Theocritus in his Pharmaceutria.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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