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Meaning of alectryomancy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.

uncountable

Equivalents

Español alectomancia
Português alectromancia

Examples

“"Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652”

CEFR level

C1
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See also

Alectryon alectyromancy alecy Aledo Alee Aleek-chea-ahoosh

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