[ad. med.L. *lampadomantīa, f. Gr. λαμπαδ-, λαμπάς LAMP sb.1 + μαντεία divination.] (See quots.)
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., xix. 166. Lampadomancy, [divining] by candles and lamps.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., Lampadomancy, a mode of divination by the observation of substances burned in a lamp.