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alphitomancy
[ al-fit-uh-man-see ]
noun
- the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alphitomancy1
1645–55; < Greek á±ô±è³ó¾±³Ù´Ç ( n ) barley + -mancy, probably influenced by Greek ²¹±ô±è³ó¾±³Ùó³¾²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²õ one who divines from barley meal
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Alphitomancy, by meal, flour, or bran.
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By alphitomancy, cried up by Theocritus in his Pharmaceutria.
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