Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of divining or predicting events by serpents, as by their manner of coiling themselves or of eating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.
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- noun
Divination by serpents, as for example by their manner of eating or by theircoils .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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From its derivation, as commonly accepted, it would mean divination by serpents, ophiomancy, but on the other hand it is never in this in the Scriptures.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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