Alphitomancy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alphitomancy is a noun meaning An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
Meaning
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
Example Sentences
Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropomancy, astragalomancy, tephramancy, thanatomancy, armomancy, anthracomancy.
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