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cephalomancy

cephalomancy noun: divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.

Noun

cephalomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
    • Cephalomancy was divination by a donkey's head […]1931, Lock tr. de Givry, Picture Museum of Sorcery

Forms of cephalomancy

alternative formcephaleonomancy
alternative formcephalonomancy
alternative formkephalomancy
alternative formkephalonomancy

Origin of cephalomancy

From cephalo- + -mancy.

Questions about cephalomancy

What does cephalomancy mean?
Cephalomancy means divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
What part of speech is cephalomancy?
Cephalomancy is a noun.

Words near cephalomancy in the dictionary

  1. cephalohematoma
  2. cephalohematomas
  3. cephalohematomata
  4. cephaloid
  5. cephalolichen
  6. cephalomancy
  7. cephalomannine
  8. cephalomantic
  9. cephalomedullary
  10. cephalomeningitis
  11. cephalomere

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