lampadomancy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”), +‎ -mancy.

Noun

lampadomancy (uncountable)

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 […]

   • 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.

Related terms

• lychnomancy

Further reading

• “lampadomancy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “lampadomancy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.