Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of divination by means of arrows, practised by the Scythians, Babylonians, Arabians, and other ancient peoples.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun studying the flight of
arrows , an act of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs. It is strongly forbidden in theKoran .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek βέλος (belos, "an arrow, dart") + -mancy.
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Examples
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He practiced belomancy and consulted other auguries, to assure himself that he was against Jerusalem would result favorably.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Where they first acquired their infernal education — whether from the works of the ancient Theurgists — the demonology of the Egyptians — the belomancy, or divination by arrows of the Scythians — the spectrology of the
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+ belomancy, by the shuffling of arrows (Ezechiel, xxi, 21);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
fbharjo commented on the word belomancy
arrow way (weigh)
August 24, 2009