English Explanatory Dictionary

crithomancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.

Word forms

crithomancy critomancy krithomancy

Etymology

Ancient Greek κριθομαντεία (krithomanteía, “divination by barley”), from κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

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