Definition of Alectryomancy. Meaning of Alectryomancy. Synonyms of Alectryomancy

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Definition of Alectryomancy

Alectryomancy
Alectryomancy A*lec"try*o*man`cy, n. [Gr. ? cock + -mancy.] Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. --Amer. Cyc.

Meaning of Alectryomancy from wikipedia

- the movements of birds. Alectryomancy is also sacrificing a sacred rooster. The use of the sacred rooster through alectryomancy may be further understood...
- practices. Roosters are sometimes used for divination, a practice called alectryomancy. This involves the sacrifice of a sacred rooster, often during a ritual...
- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Methods of divination Alectryomancy Chironomia Digit ratio Graphology Onychomancy Phrenology Physiognomy...
- /əˈlɛktroʊmænsi/: by rooster sacrifice (Gr**** al****r, rooster + manteía, prophecy) alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster divination → see theriomancy aleuromancy¹...
- practices. Roosters are sometimes used for a divination practice called Alectryomancy, a Latin phrase combining "rooster" and "divination". Sacrificing a...
- The pullularius was the keeper of chickens used in alectryomancy, a form of public augury in ancient Rome. It was the job of the pullularius to throw...
- divination all take their names from neoclassical compounds, such as alectryomancy, divination by the pecking of chickens. Not all English writers have...
- seven depicted women gathered around a rooster pecking the grain, the alectryomancy which foretells a marriage in the near ****ure. The girls count the grains...