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Definition of Divination
1. Noun. Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck.
2. Noun. A prediction uttered under divine inspiration.
Generic synonyms: Forecasting, Foretelling, Prediction, Prognostication
Specialized synonyms: Oracle
Derivative terms: Divine, Prophetic, Prophetical
3. Noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
Generic synonyms: Prognostication, Prophecy, Vaticination
Specialized synonyms: Arithmancy, Dowse, Dowsing, Rhabdomancy, Geomancy, Hydromancy, Lithomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, Onomancy, Chirology, Chiromancy, Palm Reading, Palmistry, Pyromancy
Derivative terms: Divine
Definition of Divination
1. n. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
Definition of Divination
1. Noun. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events. ¹
2. Noun. The pretended art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means. ¹
3. Noun. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divination
Literary usage of Divination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"In all the foregoing two characteristics appear: (1) divination is in general
under the patronage of religion. On the other hand, among many peoples there ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"Those who used divination, — that is, who endeavoured to penetrate futurity by
... Charmers, those who used spells for the purposes of divination ; — 6. ..."
3. Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow (1911)
"By voluntary divination is meant an act of deliberately seeking out some object
through which it is hoped to secure a sign indicative of future events. ..."
4. China and the Chinese: A General Description of the Country and Its by John Livingston Nevius (1869)
"DIFFERENT MODES OF divination. Importance of the Eight Diagrams. ... Effects of
being born under certain Stars.—divination by Dreams. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"divination, the seeking after knowledge of future or hidden things by inadequate
means. ... Hence the word divination has a sinister signification. ..."
6. The Todas by William Halse Rivers Rivers (1906)
"CHAPTER XII divination AND MAGIC Tins chapter will furnish a very good example of
... We shall find that certain Todas have the power of divination, ..."
7. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"People used other methods of divination frequently in the conduct of their affairs.
Some methods had a limited use, but there seems to have been no concern ..."
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