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ornithomantia

ornithomantia is the obsolete form of ornithomancy.

Meaning of ornithomancy

Noun

ornithomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc.
    • This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science.1840 April, Thomas de Quincey, “Modern Superstition”, in Blackwoods Magazine, page 564, column 2

Questions about ornithomantia

What is ornithomantia the obsolete form of?
Ornithomantia is the obsolete form of ornithomancy.

Words near ornithomantia in the dictionary

  1. ornithologizing
  2. ornithology
  3. ornithomancer
  4. ornithomancers
  5. ornithomancy
  6. ornithomantia
  7. ornithomantic
  8. ornithomimid
  9. ornithomimids
  10. ornithomimosaur
  11. ornithomimosaurian

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