"divination by means of melted wax dripped in water" (the shapes supposedly previsioning a future spouse, etc.), 1650s, from French ceromancie, Medieval Latin ceromantia; see cero- "wax" + -mancy "divination by means of."
Cereus
ceriph
cerise
cerium
cero-
ceromancy
cert
certain
certainly
certainty
certes
