"alectryomancer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alectryomancers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alectryomancer (plural alectryomancers)
  1. A practitioner of alectryomancy. Categories (topical): Divination

Inflected forms

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