ceromancy

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) divination by pouring melted wax into water and interpreting the bubbles formed.
 * 2) * 1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv
 * By Ceromancy, where, by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the Figure, Poutrait and lively Representation of thy future Wife, and of her Fredin Fredaliatory Belly-thumping Blades.
 * 1) * 1983, Complete Bk Predictions.
 * In ceromancy, melted wax is allowed to drip into a shallow dish of cold water, and the resulting shapes are interpreted. Ceromancy was very popular in the eighteenth century, when correspondence was normally fastened with sealing wax.