alectryomancy

== English == === Alternative forms === alectoromancy, alectyromancy, alectormancy, alectromanchy, alectromancy, electromancy, alectromancy === Etymology === From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia. === Noun === alectryomancy (uncountable) A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a 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 ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “alectryomancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. ==== Further reading ==== alectryomancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === alectyromancy