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单词 cephalomancy
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> as lemmas

ˈcephaloˌmancy
ˈcephaloˌmancy n. [Greek μαντεία divination] Obsolete divination by means of a head (see quot.).
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by an ass's head
cephaleonomancy1652
cephalomancy1693
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 Cephalomancy, often practised amongst the High Germans in their boiling of an Asses Head upon burning Coals.
extracted from cephalo-comb. form
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