bibliomancy

bibliomancy

English

Etymology

From biblio- +‎ -mancy.

Noun

bibliomancy (usually uncountable, plural bibliomancies)

1. Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible.

Synonyms

• stichomancy

Related terms

• rhapsodomancy

Translations

divination by interpreting a passage from a book

French: bibliomancie (fr) f German: Bibliomantie (de) f, Stichomantie (de) f Italian: bibliomanzia (it) f

Persian: تفأل‎ (fa) (tafaʾʾol) Portuguese: bibliomancia f Spanish: bibliomancia (es) f

References

• bibliomancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.