Also 7–8 alectromancy. [f. Gr. ἀλέκτωρ cock + μαντεία divination.] A variant of ALECTRYOMANCY.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 165. Alectromancy [divining] by cocks or pullen.
1731. Bailey, Alectoromancy, an ancient divination, in which they made use of a cock in discovering secret and unknown transactions of future events.
1758. Ann. Reg., 275/2. The mysteries of chyromancy, alectromanchy and catoptromanchy.
1847. in Craig.
