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Alphitomancy
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a kind of divination (q.v.) performed with barley, first among the pagans, and from them introduced among Christians. A person suspected of crime was brought before a priest, who made him swallow a piece of barley-cake; if this was done without difficulty, he was declared to be innocent; otherwise, not. — Delrio, Disq. Magic, lib. 4, cap. 11; Landon, Eccl. Dict. s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alphitomancy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/alphitomancy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alphitomancy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/alphitomancy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
