Ceraunomancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by thunder; the use of thunder or lightning to supernaturally gain information. uncommon, uncountable

    "Indeed as DeMille in 1956 filmed the Decalogue, God inscribes each commandment literally with a bolt of lightning. Because the film functions to read the signs of the times, the practice here invokes ceraunomancy (divination by lightning)."

  2. 2
    The magical or supernatural power of conjuring or controlling thunder or lightning. uncommon, uncountable

Synonyms

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brontomancyceraunoscopy

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"Indeed as DeMille in 1956 filmed the Decalogue, God inscribes each commandment literally with a bolt of lightning. Because the film functions to read the signs of the times, the practice here invokes ceraunomancy (divination by lightning)."

Etymology

From cerauno- + -mancy; based on earlier ceraunoscopy.

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