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单词 hieromancy
释义 ˈhieromancy
[ad. mod.L. hieromantīa (a. mod.Gr. ἱεροµαντεία), f. Gr. ἱερο- hiero- + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.]
1. Divination from the observation of objects offered in religious sacrifices, or from sacred things.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Hieromantia.]1775Ash, Hieromancy.
2. Jugglery with sacred things. nonce-use.
1811W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXIV. 168 He has known how to attach to his mystic hieromancy, both the unthinking and the designing erudition of the clerical order.
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