Look up: al-phitomancy


  1. Al-phitomancy
    Al-phit'o·man`cy noun [ Greek ... barley meal + - mancy : confer French alphitomancie .] Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/62

  2. al-phitomancy
    Divination by means of barley meal. ... Origin: Gr. Barley meal + -mancy: cf. F. Alphitomancie. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?al-phitomancy

  3. Al-phitomancy
    • (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/al-phitomancy/

  4. Alphitomancy
    Alphitomancy (from Greek ἄλφιτον alphiton, `barley`, and μαντεία manteia, `divination`) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread. When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley b...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphitomancy

  5. alphitomancy
    alphitomancy Divination with barley meal and honey loaves; once it was used as a method to determine if one were guilty of some crime by having the accused try to eat a barley cake and if he couldn`t swallow it, or if he got sick, he was considered guilty (this same method is said to have been used ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2725/

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