coscinomancy

noun

cos·​ci·​no·​man·​cy

ˈkäsə̇nōˌmansē

plural -es

: divination by the mode of sieve and shears

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin coscinomantia, from Greek koskinomanteia, from koskinon sieve + -manteia -mancy

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