Alectryomancy (also called alectoromancy or alectromancy, derivation comes from the Greek words alectryon and manteia, which mean rooster and divination respectively) is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds, or most preferably a white rooster or cockerel pecking at grain (such as wheat) that the diviner has scat...
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divination by watching a rooster gather corn kernels
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• (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.
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A·lec'try·o·man`cy noun [ Greek ... cock +
-mancy .] Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.
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alectryomancy Divination by means of a cock with grains of corn. One method included making a circle and dividing it equally into as many parts as there are letters in the alphabet. A 'wheat-corn' was placed on every letter, beginning with 'A', during which the depositor must repeat a certain verse. Additional esoteric steps were taken, then the ...
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an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.
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