anthracomancy

English

Etymology

anthraco- +‎ -mancy, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”)

Noun

anthracomancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by studying burning coals
   • 2015, John C. Wright, The Architect of Aeons‎^[1], page 322:

     Around the vestry were tripods for anthracomancy, skulls for necromancy, mirrors for enoptromancy, or perhaps for putting on stage makeup.