Ornithomancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc. uncountable

    "This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science."

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"This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science."

Etymology

From ornitho- + -mancy.

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