CLEROMANTIA

CLEROMANTIA
CLEROMANTIA
Graece Κληρομαντεία, rationcinatio per sortes, genus quoddam divinationis, in varias species diffusum: Inter quos Π῾αψῳδομάθεια nobilis fuit, de qua vide infra suô locô, ut et in voce Sortes.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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  • cleromancy — /klear euh man see, kler /, n. the casting of lots as a means of divination. [1600 10; < ML cleromantia, equiv. to Gk klêro(s) lot + manteía MANCY] * * * …   Universalium

  • cleromancy — /ˈklɛrəmænsi/ (say kleruhmansee) noun divination by casting lots. {Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from Greek kleros a lot + mancy} …  

  • cleromancy — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌman(t)sē noun ( es) Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from clero + mantia mancy : divination by means of casting lots …   Useful english dictionary

  • cle|ro|man|cy — «KLIHR uh MAN see», noun. divination by throwing dice or lots. ╂[< Medieval Latin cleromantia < Greek klêros lot + manteíā divination] …   Useful english dictionary

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