alphitomancy

Meaning

Noun

• An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek ἀλφῐτόμαντις, from ἄλφῐτον and μαντεία.