crithomancy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κριθομαντεία (krithomanteía, “divination by barley”), from κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Noun
crithomancy (uncountable)
- Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
- 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix.
- Crithomancy, by grain, or corn...
- 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix.