crithomancy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• critomancy
• krithomancy

[edit] Etymology

Ancient Greek κριθομαντεία (krithomanteia), “‘divination by barley’”) < κριθή (krithe), “‘barley’”) + μαντεία (manteia), “‘divination’”).

[edit] Noun

crithomancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.

[edit] Quotations

• 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix.

  Crithomancy, by grain, or corn...