different between divination vs lampadomancy

English

Etymology

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

divination (countable and uncountable, plural divinations)

1. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
2. The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
3. (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:divination

Derived terms

• star divination

Related terms

• divine
• predivination

Translations

See also

• Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin d?v?n?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

divination f (plural divinations)

1. divination

Further reading

• “divination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

divination f (plural divinations)

1. divination (act of divining)

Related terms

• diviner

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch”), +? -mancy.

Noun

lampadomancy (uncountable)

1. divination by the interpretation of the flame of a lamp. A type of pyromancy.
   • 1652, The Magastromancer xix, Gaule

     Lampadomancy, by candles and lamps […]

   • 1931, Picture Museum of Sorcery viii, Lock tr. de Givry

     A divination based on the observation of the movements of the flame of a lamp was called lampadomancy.

Related terms

• lychnomancy

Further reading

• lampadomancy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lampadomancy at OneLook Dictionary Search