Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to pyromancy.
  • noun One who pretends to divine by means of fire.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to pyromancy.
  • noun One who pretends to divine by fire.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of, or relating to pyromancy
  • noun a practitioner of pyromancy

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Examples

  • All of Theleb K'aarna's pyromantic powers would be required to hold off the ravening supernatural winds which were soon to shake the air and the earth.

    The Bane of The Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • All of Theleb K'aarna's pyromantic powers would be required to hold off the ravening supernatural winds which were soon to shake the air and the earth.

    The Bane of the Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • Many an eye was now directed to the door and windows, to see Widow Lindsay take her pyromantic flight through the flaming fields of ether; and they continued their gaze till they saw him of the red cravat sally forth, when fear closed up the vision, and they saw no more.

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 John Mackay Wilson 1819

  • With that said, Universus is a set of glyphs of a pyromantic nature, set-up to be used as a language for an inner dialogue.

    souldish (( high frequency culture )) 2009

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