Cos-çin'o-mān'cy, n.

n. [Gr. κοσκίνομα ντεία, from κόσκινου, sieve, and μαντεία, power of divination.] The art or practice of divination, by suspending a sieve and then repeating a formula of words, and the names of persons suspected. If the sieve trembled, shook, or turned, when any name was repeated, the person was deemed guilty.