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Aruspicy vs Hieromancy - What's the difference?

aruspicy | hieromancy |

As nouns the difference between aruspicy and hieromancy

is that aruspicy is while hieromancy is divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings similar to aruspicy.

aruspicy

English

Noun

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  • * 1828 , Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall (translators), The History of Rome, Volume 1 , J. Taylor, page 115,
    • The East read destiny in the stars, Etruria and Greece in the entrails of victims […] But the peculiar secret of the Etruscans was the interpretation of lightning: this, and all the branches of their aruspicy , were taught in sacerdotal schools …

    Related terms

    * aruspex * haruspex

    hieromancy

    English

    Noun

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  • Divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings. Similar to aruspicy.
  • * 1973 Gibson Complete Illust. Bk Div. & Prophecy
    • HIEROMANCY: Divination through various forms of sacrifice, or preparation for such, especially when performed by adepts in accordance with accepted rituals.

    Synonyms

    * hieroscopy