- bibliomancy
- divination by opening a book at random
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
bibliomancy
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Bibliomancy — is the use of books in divination. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses) for magical medicine , for removing negative entities, or for divination is widespread in many religions of the world. What the Vedas… … Wikipedia
Bibliomancy — Bib li*o*man cy, n. [Gr. ? book + mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie.] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bibliomancy — 1753, divination by opening a book (especially the Bible) at random, the first verse presenting itself being taken as a prognostication of future events, from BIBLIO (Cf. biblio ) + MANCY (Cf. mancy). In pagan times, Homer (sortes Homericae) and… … Etymology dictionary
bibliomancy — [bib′lē ə man΄sē] n. [ BIBLIO + MANCY] divination based on a Bible verse or a literary passage chosen at random … English World dictionary
bibliomancy — /bib lee oh man see/, n. divination by means of a book, esp. the Bible, opened at random to some verse or passage, which is then interpreted. [1745 55; BIBLIO + MANCY] * * * … Universalium
bibliomancy — noun Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible. Syn: stichomancy See Also: rhapsodomancy … Wiktionary
bibliomancy — [ bɪblɪə(ʊ)mansi] noun the practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible … English new terms dictionary
bibliomancy — bib·lio·man·cy … English syllables
bibliomancy — Divination using books or Bible passages … Grandiloquent dictionary
bibliomancy — /ˈbɪbliəmænsi/ (say bibleeuhmansee) noun divination by means of a book, as the Bible, opened at random at some verse taken as significant. {biblio + mancy} …
