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Definition: ALECTOROMANCY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Alectryomancy": Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Alectoromancy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ALECTOROMANCY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Alectryomancy": Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ALECTOROMANCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)