ceromancyn.
/ˈsɪərəmansi/ Divination from the figures produced by dropping melted wax into water.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > wax dropped in water
ceromancy1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Carromancy, [divining] by melting of Wax.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ceromanty, divination or sooth-saying by wax put into water.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 By Ceromancy, where by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the..lively Representation of thy future Wife.
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