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Definition: AXINOMANCY |
AXINOMANCYNoun1. A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet. |
Etymology: Axinomancy \Ax*in"o*man`cy\, noun. [Latin expression axinomantia, Greek ax -mancy.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Axinomancy Divination by an axe; much practised by the ancient Greeks with a view of discovering crime. An agate was placed on a red-hot axe, and indicated the guilty person by its motion. (Greek, axine manteia.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Another interesting method is heating an ax-head in a fire until it glows, and then interpreting the colors and shapes. A variant, attributed to the ancient Greeks, is to balance a spherical piece of agate on the edge of the axe (held sharp edge up). The direction in which the agate rolls can be interpreted as needed.
Some sources claim that Psalm 74 refers to the use of axinomancy to predict the fall of Jerusalem, although in the text the reference to upright axes is not specifically for divination.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "AXINOMANCY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | axinomantie. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | axinomancyay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "AXINOMANCY" (pronounced 'Ax*in"o*man`cy'): Aeromancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Arithmancy, Astragalomancy, Austromancy, Belomancy, Bibliomancy, Botanomancy, Capnomancy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chartomancy, Cleromancy, Coscinomancy, Crystallomancy, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Daphnomancy, Geomancy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Lecanomancy, lithomancy, -mancy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, Myomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Ornithomancy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Psychomancy, Pyromancy, Rabdomancy, Rhapsodomancy, Sciomancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-m-n-n-o-x-y" | |
-3 letters: manioca. | |
-4 letters: amnion, anomic, anonym, anoxia, anoxic, axonic, caiman, camion, canyon, cayman, cyanin, incony, maniac, manioc, minyan, nomina. | |
-5 letters: amain, amino, amnia, amnic, amnio, ancon, anima, anion, annoy, anomy, axiom, axion, axman, canna, canny, canon, comix, conin, cyano, macon, mania, manic, manna, mayan, mincy, minny, nancy, yonic. | |
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