ˈhieromancy
[ad. mod.L. hieromantīa (a. mod.Gr. ἱεροµαντεία), f. Gr. ἱερο- hiero- + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.]
1. Divination from the observation of objects offered in religious sacrifices, or from sacred things.
| [1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Hieromantia.] 1775 Ash, Hieromancy. |
2. Jugglery with sacred things. nonce-use.
| 1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXIV. 168 He has known how to attach to his mystic hieromancy, both the unthinking and the designing erudition of the clerical order. |