Divination or fortune-telling by casting lots, dice, or similar objects to determine fate or the future.
From Greek 'cleros' meaning 'lot' or 'portion' plus 'manteia' meaning 'divination'—combined, it means divination through casting lots, a method used in ancient Greece and elsewhere.
Cleromancy was used in ancient Greece to make decisions that ranged from sacred to mundane—casting lots (klēroi) was considered more reliable than human judgment because it left outcomes to divine will rather than mortal bias.
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