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bibliomancy|ˈbɪblɪəʊˌmænsɪ|
[f. biblio- + Gr. µαντεία divination; cf. F. bibliomancie.]
Divination by books, or by verses of the Bible.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Bibliomancy..amounts to much the same with what is otherwise called sortes biblicae..F. J. Davidius, a jesuit, has published a bibliomancy. 1864N. & Q. Ser. iii. V. 195/2 Bibliomancy or Divination by Books, was known to the ancients under the appellation of Sortes Homericæ and Sortes Virgilianæ. The practice was to take up the works of Homer and Virgil, and to consider the first verse that presented itself as a prognostication of future events. |