Ceraunoscopy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning. uncountable

    "Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics."

Synonyms

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brontomancyceraunomancy

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"Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics."

Etymology

From cerauno- + -scopy.

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