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Divination by chance meetings with any objects that present themselves, most commonly animals; for example, the superstition associated with a black cat crossing one's path..
Apantomancy: Divination by means of any objects which happen to present themselves. To this class belong the omens drawn from chance meetings with a hare, an eagle, etc.
Even objects that lie about haphazardly were fit for mantic purposes. The prcatice was called apantomancy.
Use apantomancy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apantomancy means Divination by chance meetings with any objects that present themselves, most commonly animals; for example, the superstition associated with a black cat crossing one's path..
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Apantomancy: Divination by means of any objects which happen to present themselves. To this class belong the omens drawn from chance meetings with a hare, an eagle, etc.
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