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Webster 1913 Edition


Belomancy

Bel′o-manˊcy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
[GREEK]
;
[GREEK]
arrow +
[GREEK]
a diviner: cf. F.
bélomancie
.]
A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
Encyc. Brit.

Webster 1828 Edition


Belomancy

BEL'OMANCY

,
Noun.
[Gr.an arrow, and divination.]
A kind of divination, practiced by the ancient Scythians, Babylonians, and other nations, and by the Arabians. A number of arrows, being marked, were put into a bag or quiver, and drawn out at random; and the marks or words on the arrow drawn determined what was to happen. See Ezek.21.21.