English Explanatory Dictionary

macharomancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

Word forms

macharomancy machæromancy machairomancy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαχαίρα (makhaíra, “dagger”) + -mancy.

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