单词 | bibliomancy |
释义 | bibliomancyn. Divination by books, or by verses of the Bible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by books > choosing passages randomly > in the Bible bibliomancy1753 sortes Biblicae1845 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by books bibliomancy1864 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bibliomancy..amounts to much the same with what is otherwise called sortes biblicae..F. J. Davidius, a jesuit, has published a bibliomancy. 1864 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 5 195/2 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1753 |
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