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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Ornithomancy
Synonyms for "ornithomancy"
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3 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀρνιθομαντεία noun (divination by means of birds)
Arabic
4 entries- تَطَيُّر noun (divination by means of birds)
- طِيرَة noun (divination by means of birds)
- طِيَرَة noun (divination by means of birds)
- علم تنجيم الطيور noun (divination by means of birds)
Catalan
1 entries- ornitomància noun (divination by means of birds)
Chinese
1 entries- 鳥占 noun (divination by means of birds)
French
1 entries- ornithomancie noun (divination by means of birds)
Greek
1 entries- ορνιθομαντεία noun (divination by means of birds)
Italian
1 entries- ornitomanzia noun (divination by means of birds)
Persian
1 entries- اورنیتومانسی noun (divination by means of birds)
Seediq
1 entries- sisil noun (divination by means of birds)
Spanish
1 entries- ornitomancia noun (divination by means of birds)
Sample sentences
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Ornithomancy was a popular way of searching into futurity.
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