anthropomancy
English
Etymology
anthropo- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, mankind, human, humanity”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Noun
anthropomancy (uncountable)
- divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
Synonyms
- antinopomancy
Translations
divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails
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References
- "Antinopomancy, [sic] by the entrails of men, women and children..." -- Gaule The Magastromancer xix, 1652
- "By anthropomancy, practised by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus. It is somewhat irksome, but thou wilt endure well enough, seeing thou art destined to be a cuckold." -- Works of Rabelais III. xxv, 1951
- anthropomancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- anthropomancy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- anthropomancy at OneLook Dictionary Search