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ceraunoscopy

ceraunoscopy noun: divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.

Noun

ceraunoscopy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.
    • Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics.1758 September, The Monthly Review, London, page 301
    • In this valuable work, treating of the Natural Theology, Cosmogony, and Ceraunoscopy of the Etruscans, the author refutes many of the opinions of Brucker.1861, Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical and Miscellaneous Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri, part 1, page 301

Synonyms of ceraunoscopy

Origin of ceraunoscopy

From cerauno- + -scopy.

Questions about ceraunoscopy

What does ceraunoscopy mean?
Ceraunoscopy means divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.
What part of speech is ceraunoscopy?
Ceraunoscopy is a noun.

Words near ceraunoscopy in the dictionary

  1. ceraunophiles
  2. ceraunophone
  3. ceraunophones
  4. ceraunoscope
  5. ceraunoscopes
  6. ceraunoscopy
  7. Cerașu
  8. CERB
  9. Cerberean
  10. Cerberian
  11. cerberin

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