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Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria.
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Meteoromancy — Me te*or o*man cy, n. [Meteor + mancy : cf. F. m[ e]t[ e]oromancie.] A species of divination by atmospheric phenomena, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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