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belomancy|ˈbɛləʊmænsɪ| Also 8 bell-. [f. Gr. βέλος a dart + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.] Divination by means of arrows.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 272 A like way of Belomancy or Divination by Arrowes hath beene in request with Scythians, Alanes, Germans. 1883Sat. Rev. 841/2 These..divining arrows or rods or the knotched [sic] sticks of belomancy. |