(Divination by casting lots)

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• Casting lots — may refer to: Sortition, the casting or drawing of lots to make a fair form of selection Cleromancy, the casting or drawing of lots as a form of divination This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

• DIVINATION — Man, by nature, longs to know what the future holds for him, either out of inherent curiosity or in order to anticipate the dangers that await him. Therefore, in all ancient civilizations and even in some cultures of today there were diviners who …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Divination — • The seeking after knowledge of future or hidden things by inadequate means Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Divination     Divination      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• divination — divinatory /di vin euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /div euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means. 2. augury; prophecy: The divination of the high priest… …   Universalium

• Divination — This article is about divination as a whole. For the numerous varieties of divination, see Methods of divination. For other uses, see Divination (disambiguation). This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, supposedly tells the future by interpreting the… …   Wikipedia

• Divination —    The acquisition of information via supernatural means; derived from the Latin divinare, meaning “to foretell” or “to discover something.” Divination may involve consulting a specialist, such as a shaman, or may particularly in contemporary… …   Historical dictionary of shamanism

• divination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prediction, prophecy, augury, guess; sorcery. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. augury, interpretation of omens, prediction, soothsaying, sorcery, calculation, foretelling, foreshadowing, palmistry, prognostics …   English dictionary for students

• Methods of divination — This article is about the numerous varieties of divination. For divination as a whole, see Divination. Innumerable methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the… …   Wikipedia

• magic — /maj ik/, n. 1. the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic. 2. the art of producing a desired effect or result through the …   Universalium

• cleromancy — noun a) Divination by casting lots (sortilege). b) Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone …   Wiktionary

• cleromancy — /ˈklɛrəmænsi/ (say kleruhmansee) noun divination by casting lots. {Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from Greek kleros a lot + mancy} …