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語源

archaeo- +‎ -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος ‎(arkhaîos, “ancient”) and μαντεία ‎(manteía, “prophecy”)

名詞

archaeomancy ‎(uncountable)

1. (まれに) Divination using sacred relics.
   • 2004 May 1, Peter N. Peregrine, “Predicting the Future State of the World Using Archaeological Data: An Exercise in Archaeomancy”, in Cross-Cultural Research, volume 38, number 2, title, page 133:

     Predicting the Future State of the World Using Archaeological Data: An Exercise in Archaeomancy

   • 2014, C. L. Holland, Conversations with Dragons^[1], page 8:

     He thinks that in ancient Camanac if skills like yours were common they'd have had names for them– archaeomancy, chronomancy, kineomancy. That sort of thing.