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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 711 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BELOMANCY (from Gr. ,6fXos, a dart, and ,uavreia, prophecy or divination)

BELOMANCY (from Gr. ,6fXos, a dart, and ,uavreia, prophecy or See also:
DIVINATION
DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY
divination) , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

divination (q.v.) by means of arrows, practised by the Babylonians, Scythians and other See also:

ancient peoples . See also:

NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar (Ezek. xxi . 21) resorted to this practice " when he stood in the parting of the way .

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