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Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc..
This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science.
Ornithomancy was a popular way of searching into futurity.
Use ornithomancy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ornithomancy means Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc..
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This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science.
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