astragalomancy


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astragalomancy

a form of divination involving dice or knuckle-bones, in which letters are marked on the faces of the dice and the future is foretold from the words formed as the dice fall. Also called cleromancy.
See also: Divination
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astragalomancy

A form of sortilege which in this case is divination using the bones of sheep.
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