Definition for BIB-LI-OM'AN-CY

BIB-LI-OM'AN-CY, n. [Gr. βιβλος, a book, and μαντεια, divination.]

A kind of divination, performed by means of the Bible; consisting in selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning things future. – Encyc. Southey.

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