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catoptromancy|kæˈtɒptrəˌmænsɪ| [f. Gr. κάτοπτρον mirror + µαντεία divination; see -mancy.] Divination by means of a mirror.
1613Purchas Pilgr. I. iv. v. 310 Catoptromancie received those resemblances in cleare glasses. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv. 207 Catoptromancy..held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus. 1758Ann. Reg., Charac. 275/2 He..understands all the mysteries of..catoptromanchy, he having a magical glass to be consulted upon some extraordinary occasions. 1855Smedley Occult. Sci. 321 Catoptromancy, a species of divination by the mirror. Hence catoptroˈmantic a. |