crystallomancyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

crystallo- +‎ -mancy

名詞

crystallomancy (uncountable)

1. The use of a crystal ball or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.

参照

• "Chrystallomancy, by glasses..." - The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
• "Precious stones were much used by crystallomancers in the past, the favourite stone being the beryl in pale sea green or reddish tints. By the ancients crystallomancy was practised with a view to the invocation of spirits." - Encyc. Occult, L. Spence, 1920
• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.