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alectormancy

alectormancy is the rare form of alectryomancy.

Meaning of alectryomancy

Noun

alectryomancy (uncountable)

  1. A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
    • "Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652

Questions about alectormancy

What is alectormancy the rare form of?
Alectormancy is the rare form of alectryomancy.

Words near alectormancy in the dictionary

  1. alectoria
  2. alectorian
  3. alectorians
  4. alectorioid
  5. alectorioids
  6. alectormancy
  7. alectoromachy
  8. alectoromancy
  9. alectoronic acid
  10. Alectown
  11. alectromanchy

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