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alectryomancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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

Forms

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alectromanchy alternative lexicographic
alectromancy alternative lexicographic
electromancy alternative lexicographic
alectormancy alternative lexicographic
alectoromancy alternative lexicographic
alectyromancy alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

alectryomancer

Translations (2)

es alectomancia (form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain) · pt alectromancia (form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain)