Meaning of ornithomancy | Babel Free

Definitions

Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science.”

“Ornithomancy was a popular way of searching into futurity.”

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