Libanomancy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by interpreting the smoke or ash of incense. uncountable

    "Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. 133, Urquhart translating Rabelais, 1660. By Libanomancy, for the which we shall need but a little Frankincense"

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knissomancy

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"Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. 133, Urquhart translating Rabelais, 1660. By Libanomancy, for the which we shall need but a little Frankincense"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιβανομαντεία (libanomanteía), from λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”) + μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).

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