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crithomancy|ˈkrɪθəʊmænsɪ|
[f. Gr. κρῑθή barley-corn + µαντεία divination (see -mancy); cf. κρῑθόµαντις one who divined by barley.]
Divination by meal strewed over animals sacrificed.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Crithomancy, [divining] by grain or corn. 1884J. C. Bourke Snake Dance of Moquis xv. 165 The use of this sacred meal closely resembles the crithomancy of the ancient Greeks. |