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axinomancy

axinomancy noun: divination by saws or axes.

Noun

axinomancy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Divination by saws or axes.
    • Diuination generally was done by diuers means […] by hatchets, Axinomancy1610, Augustine, City of God
    • Axinomancy Was performed by balancing an axe on an upright stake, and the names of suspected persons being pronounced, it was supposed to point out the guilty by its motion.1855, Edward Smedley, The Occult Sciences

Forms of axinomancy

alternative formaxiomancy

Origin of axinomancy

Latin axinomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀξινομαντεία (axinomanteía), from ἀξίνη (axínē, “axe”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”)

Questions about axinomancy

What does axinomancy mean?
Axinomancy means divination by saws or axes.
What part of speech is axinomancy?
Axinomancy is a noun.

Words near axinomancy in the dictionary

  1. axiniform
  2. axinite
  3. axinites
  4. axinitinib
  5. axino
  6. axinomancy
  7. axinos
  8. axins
  9. Axintele
  10. axio-
  11. axiobuccal

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