Ceromancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    divination by pouring melted wax into water and interpreting the bubbles formed. uncountable

    "1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv By Ceromancy, where, by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the Figure, Poutrait and lively Representation of thy future Wife, and of her Fredin Fredaliatory Belly-thumping Blades."

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ceroscopyceroscopy

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"1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv By Ceromancy, where, by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the Figure, Poutrait and lively Representation of thy future Wife, and of her Fredin Fredaliatory Belly-thumping Blades."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -mancy.

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