[f. Gr. κάτοπτρον mirror + -μαντεία divination; see -MANCY.] Divination by means of a mirror.
1613. Purchas, Pilgr., I. IV. v. 310. Catoptromancie received those resemblances in cleare glasses.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxv. 207. Catoptromancy … held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus.
1758. Ann. Reg., Charac., 275/2. He … understands all the mysteries of … catoptromanchy, he having a magical glass to be consulted upon some extraordinary occasions.
1855. Smedley, Occult Sc., 321. Catoptromancy … a species of divination by the mirror.
Hence Catoptromantic a.
