What does alectryomancy mean?
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alec·t·ry·oman·cy
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alectryomancynoun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
Etymology: From ἀλεκτρυών, ἀλέκτωρ.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alectryomancy or Alectoromancynoun
Divination by a cock. Dict.
Etymology: ἀλεϰτρυὼν and μάντις.
Webster Dictionary
Alectryomancynoun
divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten
Etymology: [Gr. cock + -mancy.]
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Alectryomancy
Alectryomancy is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground. It was the responsibility of the pullularius to feed and keep the birds used. The observer may place grain in the shape of letters and thus discern a divinatory revelation by noting which letters the birds peck at, or the diviner may just interpret the pattern left by the birds' pecking in randomly scattered grain. In another version, the observer tethers the bird in the center of a circle, around the perimeter of which is marked the alphabet, with a piece of grain at each letter. For each grain the bird pecks, the observer writes down the letter which that grain represents. The observer also replaces each grain as the bird eats it, so that letters may be repeated. The sequence of letters recorded will presumably contain a message. This form of divination is related to Ouija, by the random selection of letters; and gyromancy by the random selection of letters from a circle around the diviner himself; and to orniscopy, divination by the movements of birds.
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alectyromancy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alectryomancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alectryomancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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