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Armomancy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted. uncountable
  2. 2
    Divination through inspecting one's shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was a suitable sacrifice to the gods. uncountable

Etymology

From Latin armus (“shoulder blade”) + -mancy.

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