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alectyromancy

alectyromancy is the alternative spelling 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 alectyromancy

What is alectyromancy the alternative spelling of?
Alectyromancy is the alternative spelling of alectryomancy.

Words near alectyromancy in the dictionary

  1. alectryomancer
  2. alectryomancers
  3. alectryomancy
  4. alectryomantic
  5. Alectryon
  6. alectyromancy
  7. alecy
  8. aled up
  9. Aledo
  10. aledraper
  11. aledrapers

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