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Noun

1. 1
   A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground. uncountable

   ""Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652"

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""Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652"

Etymology

From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia.

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