Meaning of apantomancy | Babel Free

Definitions

Divination by chance meetings with any objects that present themselves, most commonly animals; for example, the superstition associated with a black cat crossing one's path.

uncountable

Examples

“Apantomancy: Divination by means of any objects which happen to present themselves. To this class belong the omens drawn from chance meetings with a hare, an eagle, etc.”

“Even objects that lie about haphazardly were fit for mantic purposes. The prcatice was called apantomancy.”

CEFR level