- Hieroscopy
- Hieroscopy Hi`er*os"co*py, n. [Gr. "ieroskopi`a divination; "iero`s sacred + ? to view.] Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice. [1913 Webster]
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Hieroscopy
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