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- noun
divination using the shoulder blades of animals. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted. - noun
divination through inspecting one'sshoulders . In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was suitable to be a sacrifice to the Gods.
Etymologies
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From Latin armus "shoulder blade" + -mancy
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