belomancy

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belomancy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Belomancy \Bel"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? arrow + ? a diviner: cf.
     F. b['e]lomancie.]
     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. --Encyc.
     Brit.
     [1913 Webster]