Bibliomancy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bibliomancy \Bib"li*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? book + -mancy: cf. F.
     bibliomancie.]
     A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of
     Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications
     concerning future events.
     [1913 Webster]