cephalomancy en · NOUN
Etymology
From cephalo- + -mancy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cephaleonomancy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kephalonomancy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cephalonomancy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kephalomancy | alternative | lexicographic |