macharomancy
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek [Term?] (“dagger”) + -mancy
Noun
[edit]macharomancy (uncountable)
- Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.
- 1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix.
- Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]
- 1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix.