alphitomancy
[ al-fit-uh-man-see ]
/ ælˈfɪt əˌmæn si /
noun
the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
Origin of alphitomancy
1645–55; < Greek
álphito(n) barley +
-mancy, probably influenced by Greek
alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal
Words nearby alphitomancy
alphabetical,
alphabetize,
alphanumeric,
alphavirus,
alpheus,
alphitomancy,
alphonse and gaston,
alphonso,
alphonsus,
alphorn,
alphosis
Example sentences from the Web for alphitomancy
By alphitomancy, cried up by Theocritus in his Pharmaceutria.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois RabelaisThe expression which I should have employed was alphitomancy, a divination "by meal, flower, or branne."