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Coscinomancy

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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in Grecian superstition, was fortune-telling by means of a sieve. When, for example,. a thief was to be detected, the sieve was suspended by a thread in the air, and a number of suspected persons named, the gods being invoked in the meantime. At. whosesoever name the sieve moved, he was held to be. the thief. (See DIVINATION).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Coscinomancy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/coscinomancy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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