What is "cleromancy"

Cleromancy \Cler"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? lot + -mancy; cf. F. cl['e]romancie.] A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

"divination by dice," c.1600, from French cléromancie, from Latinized form of Greek kleros "lot" (see clerk (n.)) + manteia "oracle, divination" (see -mancy).

n. 1 divination by casting lots (sortilege). 2 divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.

Cleromancy is a form of sortition, casting of lots, in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice, but are sometimes believed to reveal the will of God, or other supernatural entities.