单词 | tephromancy |
释义 | tephromancy|ˈtɛfrəʊmænsɪ| Also erron. tephra-. [f. Gr. τέϕρα ashes + -mancy.] Divination by means of ashes: see quots.
1652Gaule Magastrom. xix. 165 Tephramancy [pr. Tu-], by ashes; Capnomancy, by smoak. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Tephramantie..divination by ashes, blown or cast up in the air. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, Have you a mind..to have the truth..more fully..disclosed..by tephromancy: thou wilt see the ashes thus aloft dispersed, exhibiting thy wife in a fine posture. 1846Worcester, Tephramancy, divination by the ashes of a sacrifice. |

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