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Definition of Pyromancy
1. Noun. Divination by fire or flames.
Definition of Pyromancy
1. n. Divination by means of fire.
Definition of Pyromancy
1. Noun. Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information. ¹
2. Noun. The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyromancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyromancy
Literary usage of Pyromancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History by John Owen (1896)
"This art of pyromancy is one of those branches of human science which the Prometheus
of Aeschylus claims to have taught mankind :— . . . the fiery signs ..."
2. Three Books of Occult Philosophy Or Magic by Willis F. Whitehead (1898)
"MOREOVER, the Elements themselves teach us fatal events; whence those four famous
kinds of divinations, Geomancy, Hydromancy, Aeromancy, and pyromancy, ..."
3. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"The spirit has its pyromancy. Accordingly, if a nativity be constituted out of the
... We now see for what reason astronomy is called pyromancy when the ..."
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