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cataptromancy

cataptromancy is the alternative form of catoptromancy.

Meaning of catoptromancy

Noun

catoptromancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by use of mirrors, or other reflective surfaces.
    • Her Trippa going on in his Discourse, said by Catoptromancy, likewise held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus, That by means thereof, he ever and anon foresaw all that which at any time did happen or befal unto him: Thou shalt not need to put on thy Spectacles; for in a Mirror thou wilt...1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais, Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv.

Questions about cataptromancy

What is cataptromancy the alternative form of?
Cataptromancy is the alternative form of catoptromancy.

Words near cataptromancy in the dictionary

  1. catapleurotic
  2. cataplexic
  3. cataplexies
  4. cataplexis
  5. cataplexy
  6. cataptromancy
  7. catapult
  8. Catapult centre
  9. Catapult centres
  10. catapult effect
  11. catapult fruit

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