Crithomancy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice. uncountable

    "1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Crithomancy, by grain, or corn..."

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"1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Crithomancy, by grain, or corn..."

Etymology

Ancient Greek κριθομαντεία (krithomanteía, “divination by barley”), from κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

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