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Webster 1913 Edition
Bibliomancy
Bib′li-o-manˊcy
,Noun.
[Gr.
[GREEK]
book + -mancy
: cf. F. bibliomancie
.] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bibliomancy
BIBLIOM'ANCY
,Noun.
A kind of divination, performed by means of the bible; consisting in selecting passages of scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning things future.
Definition 2024
bibliomancy
bibliomancy
English
Noun
bibliomancy (plural bibliomancies)
- Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible.
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Translations
divination by interpreting a passage from a book
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References
- bibliomancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913