lampadomancy
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”), + -mancy.
Noun
lampadomancy (uncountable)
- divination by the interpretation of the flame of a lamp. A type of pyromancy.
- 1652, The Magastromancer xix, Gaule
- Lampadomancy, by candles and lamps
- 1931, Picture Museum of Sorcery viii, Lock tr. de Givry:
- A divination based on the observation of the movements of the flame of a lamp was called lampadomancy.
- 1652, The Magastromancer xix, Gaule
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Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “lampadomancy”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “lampadomancy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.