- scapulomancy
- divination by examining burnt shoulder blade
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
scapulomancy
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scapulomancy — scap·u·lo·mancy … English syllables
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Scapulimancy — (also spelled scapulomancy and scapulamancy , and also termed omoplatoscopy ) is the practice of divination by use of scapulae (shoulder blades). In the context of the oracle bones of ancient China, which chiefly utilized both scapulae and the… … Wikipedia
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scapulimancy — /skap yeuh leuh man see/, n. divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal s scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument. Also, scapulomancy. Cf. oracle bone. [1870 75; SCAPUL(A) + I + MANCY] * * * … Universalium
scapulimancy — noun divination using shoulder bones Syn: omoplatoscopy, scapulomancy … Wiktionary
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