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alectromancy

alectromancy is the alternative 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 alectromancy

What is alectromancy the alternative form of?
Alectromancy is the alternative form of alectryomancy.

Words near alectromancy in the dictionary

  1. alectoromachy
  2. alectoromancy
  3. alectoronic acid
  4. Alectown
  5. alectromanchy
  6. alectromancy
  7. alectryomachy
  8. alectryomancer
  9. alectryomancers
  10. alectryomancy
  11. alectryomantic

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