Scapulimancy
or scapulomancy
[skap-yuh-luh-man-see] /ˈskæp yə ləˌmæn si/
noun
1.
divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal’s scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
noun
divination by shoulder blade bone that has been heated to cracked or burned state; also written scapulomancy , also called spatulamancy
See armomancy
See scapulomancy
See spatulamancy
Word Origin
scapula ‘shoulder blade’
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- Scapulomancy
or scapulomancy [skap-yuh-luh-man-see] /ˈskæp yə ləˌmæn si/ noun 1. divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal’s scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument. noun divination by shoulder blade bone that has been heated to cracked or burned state; also written scapulimancy , also called spatulamancy See […]