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cleromancy
[ kleer-uh-man-see, kler- ]
noun
- the casting of lots as a means of divination.
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Origin of cleromancy1
1600–10; < Medieval Latin ³¦±ôŧ°ù´Ç³¾²¹²Ô³ÙÄ«²¹, equivalent to Greek °ì±ôê°ù´Ç ( s ) lot + ³¾²¹²Ô³Ù±ðò¹ -mancy
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Cleromancy, kler′o-man-si, n. divination by lots.
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Cleromancy was performed by the throwing of dice.
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Associated word: cleromancy. dicker, v. trade, barter, negotiate, exchange.--n. barter, trade, exchange, chaffering. dictate, n. command, admonition, prescription, impulse. dictator, n. despot, autocrat. dictatorial, a. imperious, dogmatical, overbearing. diction, n. language, phraseology. dictionary, n. lexicon, vocabulary, wordbook, glossary; gazetteer, gradus, onomasticon, idioticon, thesaurus.
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