Obs. [ad. F. libanomantie (Rabelais), f. Gr. λίβανος incense + μαντεία (see -MANCY).] Divination by the burning of incense.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 165. Livanomancy [sic].
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
a. 1693. Urquharts Rabelais, III. xxv. 208.