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alectryomancy|əˌlɛktrɪəʊˌmænsɪ| [f. Gr. ἀλεκτρυών cock + µαντεία divination. Cf. Fr. alectryomancie.] Divination by means of a cock with grains of corn.
1684Phil. Trans. XIV. 706 The author singles Alectryomancy for the subject of this book. 1819Pantol., Alectoromantia, an ancient kind of divination by means of a cock, called also Alectryomancy. |