Alectryomancy

Alternative forms

• alectoromancy
• alectyromancy
• alectromanchy rare
• alectromancy showing elision
• electromancy

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (""), ἀλέκτωρ (alektōr, "a rooster") + -mancy.

Full definition of alectryomancy

Noun

1. A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
• "Alectromancy, by Cooks sic or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652

Anagrams

• alectyromancy