Dictionary

libanomancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιβανομαντεία (libanomanteía), from λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”) + μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Divination by interpreting the smoke or ash of incense.
   • Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. 133, Urquhart translating Rabelais, 1660. By Libanomancy, for the which we shall need but a little Frankincense

Hypernyms

capnomancy

Relateds

libranomancy · livanomancy

Synonyms

knissomancy

Translations (1)

it libanomanzia (Translations)