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scapulimancy|ˈskæpjʊlɪˌmænsɪ|
Also scapulomancy.
[Hybrid f. L. scapula + -mancy.]
Divination by means of the cracks in a shoulder-blade put into the fire.
1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 112 Divination by a shoulder-blade, technically called scapulimancy or omoplatoscopy. 1911J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IV. 817/1 Scapulomancy is mentioned by Jāḥiẓ together with palmistry and another mode of augury.., viz. divination by the gnawing of mice. 1937R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory xi. 184 Speck and Cooper have traced scapulimancy from northern Europe through Asia to Eastern North America. 1961G. Clark World Prehistory viii. 199 It will be recalled that the practice of scapulomancy..can be traced back to the ‘Neolithic’ Lung-shan culture. 1973T. R. Tregear Chinese i. 19 The bones used in their scapulimancy were incised by markings which are the earliest form of Chinese writing.
Hence scapuliˈmantic a., pertaining to scapulimancy (Cassell's Encycl. Dict. Suppl. 1902). |