Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Catoptromancy

Catoptromancy , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} mirror + -mancy. See Catopter.]

(Antiquities) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.