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单词 lampadomancy
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lampadomancyn.

/ˈlampədəmansi/
Etymology: < medieval Latin *lampadomantīa, < Greek λαμπαδ- , λαμπάς lamp n.1 + μαντεία divination.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire > by burning substances in a lamp
lampadomancy1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Lampadomancy, [divining] by candles and lamps.
1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lampadomancy, a mode of divination by the observation of substances burned in a lamp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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