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語源

From anthropo- +‎ -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, mankind, human, humanity”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

名詞

anthropomancy (uncountable)

1. divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.

同意語

• antinopomancy

参照

• "Antinopomancy, [sic] by the entrails of men, women and children..." -- Gaule The Magastromancer xix, 1652

  "By anthropomancy, practised by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus. It is somewhat irksome, but thou wilt endure well enough, seeing thou art destined to be a cuckold." -- Works of Rabelais III. xxv, 1951

• “anthropomancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “anthropomancy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “anthropomancy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.