Look up: Alomancy


  1. Alomancy
    Al'o·man`cy noun [ Greek ..., salt + - mancy : confer French alomancie , halomancie .] Divination by means of salt. [ Spelt also halomancy .] Morin.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/61

  2. alomancy
    Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy. ... Origin: Gr, salt + -mancy: cf. F. Alomancie, halomancie. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?alomancy

  3. Alomancy
    • (n.) Divination by means of salt.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/alomancy/

  4. alomancy
    alomancy Divination by means of salt; today, some people still respond to spilt salt on the table by throwing some over the left shoulder so bad luck will go away (a variant of halomancy); the diviner interprets future events from the patterns made from the sprinkled salt. The use of salt in various...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2725/

  5. Alomancy
    Alomancy (from Greek halo, `salt`, and manteia, divination), also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Similar to many other forms of divination, the diviner casts salt crystals into the air and interprets the patterns as it falls to the ground ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alomancy

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