GYROMANCY

Etymology

Noun

gyromancy (usually uncountable, plural gyromancies)

Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing.

Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters.

Source: Wiktionary


Gyr"o*man"cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. gyromancie.]

Definition: A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande & C.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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