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单词 libanomancy
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libanomancyn.

Etymology: < French libanomantie (Rabelais), < Greek λίβανος incense + μαντεία (see -mancy comb. form).
Obsolete.
Divination by the burning of incense.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire > by burning incense
libanomancy1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Livanomancy [sic]. [divining], by burning of Frankincence.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Libanomancy, Divination by Incense or Frankincense.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208.
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