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alectryomancy

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A`lec´try`o`man`cy
n.1.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.

alectoromancy, alectryomancy
a form of divination by recording the letters revealed as a cock eats kernels of corn that cover them.
See also: Cocks, Divination

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