About The Word Divination
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Divination
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What's The Definition Of Divination?
[n] the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
[n] a prediction uttered under divine inspiration Synonyms | Synonyms for Divination: foretelling | fortune telling | prophecy | soothsaying Related Terms | Find terms related to Divination: alchemy | astrodiagnosis | astrology | astromancy | augury | bewitchery | charm | clairvoyance | crystal ball | crystal gazing | divining | enchantment | fetishism | fortunetelling | genethliacs | genethlialogy | glamour | gramarye | halomancy | haruspication | haruspicy | hoodoo | horoscopy | idolomancy | juju | jujuism | magic | mantic | mantology | natural magic | necromancy | obeah | onomancy | palmistry | palm-reading | pythonism | rune | shamanism | sorcery | sortes Biblicae | sortes Homericae | sortes Praenestinae | sortes Vergilianae | sortilege | spatulamancy | spell | spellbinding | spellcasting | spodomancy | stichomancy | sycomancy | sympathetic magic | thaumaturgia | thaumaturgics | thaumaturgism | thaumaturgy | theomancy | theurgy | vampirism | voodoo | voodooism | wanga | white magic | witchcraft | witchery | witchwork | wizardry | xylomancy | zoomancy See Also | chirology | chiromancy | dowse | dowsing | forecasting | foretelling | geomancy | hydromancy | lithomancy | necromancy | onomancy | oracle | palm reading | palmistry | prediction | prognostication | prognostication | prophecy | pyromancy | rhabdomancy | vaticination Divination In Webster's Dictionary \Div`i*na"tion\, n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare,
divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F.
divination. See {Divine}.]
1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future
events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
preternatural means.
There shall not be found among you any one that . .
. useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. --Deut. xviii.
10.
Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
divination was supposed to be effected by a divine
afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites,
omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails
of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
conjectural presage; prediction.
Birds which do give a happy divination of things to
come. --Sir T.
North.
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