Armomancy
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Armomancy is a noun meaning Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted.
Meaning
Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted.
More Meanings
- Divination through inspecting one's shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was a suitable sacrifice to the gods.
Synonyms for armomancy
Depending on context, synonyms include omoplatoscopy, scapulimancy, scapulomancy, spatulamancy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropomancy, anthracomancy, tephramancy, astragalomancy, hieromancy, astragyromancy.
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