bibliomancy

English

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mancy.

Noun

bibliomancy (usually uncountable, plural bibliomancies)

1. Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible.

Synonyms

• stichomancy

Related terms

• rhapsodomancy

Translations

divination by interpreting a passage from a book

• French: bibliomancie (fr) f
• German: Bibliomantie (de) f, Stichomantie (de) f
• Italian: bibliomanzia (it) f
• Persian: تفأل (fa) (tafaol)
• Polish: bibliomancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: bibliomancia f
• Spanish: bibliomancia (es) f

References

• “bibliomancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.