Soothsaying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
     1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
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     2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events;
        the art or practice of making predictions.


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              A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . .
              . which brought her masters much gain by
              soothsaying.                          --Acts xvi.
                                                    16.
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     3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
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              Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.
                                                    --Eclus.
                                                    xxxiv. 5.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  soothsaying
       n : the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
           supernatural means [syn: {divination}, {foretelling}, {fortune
           telling}]