lampadomancy
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”), + -mancy.
Noun edit
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 edit
- “lampadomancy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lampadomancy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.