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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.
[Gr.a book, and divination.]
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)

  1. Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible.

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  • bibliomancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913