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electromancy

electromancy 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 electromancy

What is electromancy the alternative form of?
Electromancy is the alternative form of alectryomancy.

Words near electromancy in the dictionary

  1. electromagnets
  2. electromagnon
  3. electromagnons
  4. electromancer
  5. electromancers
  6. electromancy
  7. electromanipulation
  8. electromanipulations
  9. electromanometer
  10. electromanometers
  11. electromassage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electromancy (page history and authors); alectryomancy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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