Alectryomancy
Alternative forms
- alectoromancy
- alectyromancy
- alectromanchy rare
- alectromancy showing elision
- electromancy
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτÏυών (""), ἀλÎÎºÏ„Ï‰Ï (alektÅr, "a rooster") + -mancy.
Full definition of alectryomancy
Noun
alectryomancy
(uncountable)- 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