Definition of "cleidomancy" in английский

noun

1. Divination by using a hanging key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.

   • Cleidomancy was performed with a key suspended from a thread from the nail of a young virgin's third finger, this verse from the Psalms being repeated meanwhile: "Exurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen sanctum tuum." The key would revolve if the thing asked could be affirmed.