ornithomancy

/ ˈɔːnɪθəʊˌmænsɪ /

noun

1. divination from the flight and cries of birds

Example Sentences

After finding a third bird inexplicably dead on our porch, I turned, unnerved, to the Internet, where I discovered the ancient practice of ornithomancy, or reading omens from the actions of birds.

From Washington Post

Ornithomancy was a popular way of searching into futurity.

From Project Gutenberg

This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans—ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science.

From Project Gutenberg

This chapter in the great volume of superstition was indeed cultivated with unusual solicitude amongst the Pagans—ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science.

From Project Gutenberg