Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CRITH'O-MAN-CY
CRITH'O-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. κριθη, barley, and μαντεια, divination.]
A kind of divination by means of the dough of cakes, and the meal strewed over the victims, in ancient sacrifices. – Encyc.
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