"ceromancy" meaning in English

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          "text": "1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv\nBy 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."
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