lampadomancy
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”), + -mancy.
1
divination by the interpretation of the flame of a lamp. A type of pyromancy.
- 1652, The Magastromancer xix, Gaule Lampadomancy, by candles and lamps […]
- A divination based on the observation of the movements of the flame of a lamp was called lampadomancy.1931, Picture Museum of Sorcery viii, Lock tr. de Givry:
- Related terms
- lychnomancy