ornithomancy
nounEtymology
From ornitho- + -mancy.
Definitions
Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc.
- This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans - ornithomancy (or the derivation of omens from the motions of birds) grew into an elaborate science.
- Ornithomancy was a popular way of searching into futurity.
The neighborhood
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