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Webster 1913 Edition

(krĭth′ō̍-mănˊsy̆)

Noun.

[Gr.

κριθαί

, pl., barley +

-mancy

: cf. F.

crithomancie

A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.

Noun.

[Gr., barley, and divination.] A kind of divination by means of the dough of cakes, and the meal strewed over the victims, in ancient sacrifices.

crithomancy ‎(uncountable)

Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
- 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix.
  Crithomancy, by grain, or corn...