"pyromancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: pyro- + -mancy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pyro|mancy}} pyro- + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pyromancy (uncountable)
  1. Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pyromancy-en-noun-ADdyesrm
  2. The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Divination, Fictional abilities, Fire Synonyms (conjuring or controlling fire): pyrokinesis
    Sense id: en-pyromancy-en-noun-krChMSpG Disambiguation of Divination: 43 57 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 23 77 Disambiguation of Fire: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pyro-, English terms suffixed with -mancy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyro-: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mancy: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'conjuring or controlling fire': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pyromancer, pyromantic
Hyponyms: alomancy, divination by salt, one type of which involves casting salt into a fire, botanomancy, divination by burning plants, capnomancy, divination by smoke, light, thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen, otherwise, a bad one, causinomancy, divination by burning (english: non-specific as to the object burned), daphnomancy (alt: empyromancy) [also], divination by burning laurel leaves, osteomancy, divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce cracks, plastromancy, divination using turtle plastron, in China, this was done by heating pits carved into them, scapulimancy, divination by scapulae, in Asia and North America, this was done pyromantically, sideromancy, divination by burning straw

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