cleromancy

noun

cle·​ro·​man·​cy

plural -es

: divination by means of casting lots

Word History

Etymology

Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from clero- + -mantia -mancy

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