bibliomancy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BIBLIOM'ANCY, noun [Gr.a book, and divination.] A kind of divination, performed by means of the bible; consisting in selecting passages of scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning things future.
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