pyromancy en · NOUN
Etymology
From pyro- + -mancy.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
- (uncountable) The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
Hyponyms
thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen · plastromancy · otherwise · capnomancy · sideromancy · scapulimancy · divination by burning plants · divination using bones · divination by scapulae · daphnomancy · this was done pyromantically · divination by burning · osteomancy · light · divination using turtle plastron · divination by salt · one type of which involves casting salt into a fire · divination by smoke · one type of which involves heating to produce cracks · this was done by heating pits carved into them · in Asia and North America · in China · divination by burning laurel leaves · botanomancy · causinomancy · alomancy · a bad one · divination by burning straw
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Synonyms
pyrokinesis (conjuring or controlling fire)