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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year..
1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]
MACHAROMANCY: Use of swords, daggers, and knives as instruments of divination. Presumably of ancient origin.
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Macharomancy means Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year..
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1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]
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