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<p> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92242" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24207" /> == | |||
<p> (See [[Divination]]). </p> <p> in Greek religion, was a certain way of fortune-telling, by means of sacred inscribed arrows. They were either mixed together and then one drawn as a lot, or one was thrown into the air and the fortune told by the direction it took. (See Divination). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_92242"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/belomancy Belomancy from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_24207"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/belomancy Belomancy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:10, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(See Divination).
in Greek religion, was a certain way of fortune-telling, by means of sacred inscribed arrows. They were either mixed together and then one drawn as a lot, or one was thrown into the air and the fortune told by the direction it took. (See Divination).
