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meteoromancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “in mid-air”) + -mancy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
    • METEOROMANCY: A special branch of astromancy dealing with omens that pertain to shooting stars. Ancient Roman augurs included thunder, lightning, eclipses, and other heavenly phenomena in such divinations. [1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 321:
    • 1983 Complete Bk Predictions Meteoromancy: Divination from meteors and shooting stars.
    • 1855 Elihu Rich in Smedley et al. Occult Sci. The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria.

Translations (1)

fr meteoromancie (divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena)