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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

ὄφισ

a serpent +

-mancy

: cf. F.

ophiomantie

Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.

Noun.

[Gr. a serpent, and divination.]

In antiquity, the art of divining or predicting events by serpents, as by their manner of eating or by their coils.

ophiomancy ‎(uncountable)

Divination by serpents, as for example by their manner of eating or by their coils.