Selenomancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy. uncountable

    "He is openly incredulous about the gem glossopetra, shaped like a human tongue and supposed to fall from the sky during an eclipse of the moon and to be invaluable in selenomancy."

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"He is openly incredulous about the gem glossopetra, shaped like a human tongue and supposed to fall from the sky during an eclipse of the moon and to be invaluable in selenomancy."

Etymology

From seleno- + -mancy.

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