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carromancy

carromancy is the alternative spelling of ceromancy.

Meaning of ceromancy

Noun

ceromancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by pouring melted wax into water and interpreting the bubbles formed.
    • By Ceromancy, where, by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the Figure, Poutrait and lively Representation of thy future Wife, and of her Fredin Fredaliatory Belly-thumping Blades.1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv
    Synonyms:
    ceroscopy

Forms of carromancy

pluralcarromancies

Questions about carromancy

What is carromancy the alternative spelling of?
Carromancy is the alternative spelling of ceromancy.

Words near carromancy in the dictionary

  1. Carrolls Creek
  2. Carrollton
  3. Carrollwood
  4. carrols
  5. carrom
  6. carromancy
  7. carromata
  8. carromatas
  9. carromed
  10. carroming
  11. carroms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carromancy (page history and authors); ceromancy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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