- alphitomancy
- divination using loaves of barley
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
alphitomancy
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Alphitomancy — Al*phit o*man cy, n. [Gr. ? barley meal + mancy: cf. F. alphitomancie.] Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alphitomancy — (from Greek alphito , barley , and manteia , divination ) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of… … Wikipedia
alphitomancy — /al fit euh man see/, n. the use of barley meal as a means of divination. [1645 55; < Gk álphito(n) barley + MANCY, prob. influenced by Gk alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal] * * * … Universalium
alphitomancy — noun a) Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal. b) A divination practise used to reveal guilty parties my feeding a person or group barley meal. The innocent, it is said, would feel no effects, but the guilty would feel indigestion … Wiktionary
alphitomancy — Divination using barley meal … Grandiloquent dictionary
alphitomancy — /ælˈfɪtəˌmænsi/ (say al fituh.mansee) noun a means of divination using special cakes that are said to have a pleasant taste only for persons with a clear conscience. {French alphitomantie, from Greek alphitomantis a diviner who used barley meal,… …
alphitomancy — /al fit euh man see/, n. the use of barley meal as a means of divination. [1645 55; < Gk álphito(n) barley + MANCY, prob. influenced by Gk alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal] … Useful english dictionary
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