armomancy
The English word “armomancy” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted.
- Divination through inspecting one's shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was a suitable sacrifice to the gods.
Etymology
From Latin armus (“shoulder blade”) + -mancy.
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