Meanings
- uncountableDivination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
1983 Complete Bk Predictions Meteoromancy: Divination from meteors and shooting stars.
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1855 Elihu Rich in Smedley et al. Occult Sci. The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria.
METEOROMANCY: A special branch of astromancy dealing with omens that pertain to shooting stars. Ancient Roman augurs included thunder, lightning, eclipses, and other heavenly phenomena in such divinations.
[1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 321
Origin
- Ancient Greekμετέωρος“in mid-air”
- Englishmeteoromancy
From Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “in mid-air”) + -mancy.
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French meteoromancie
- meteoromanciedivination by interpreting meteorological phenomena
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