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Definition of Prognosticators
1. prognosticator [n] - See also: prognosticator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prognosticators
Literary usage of Prognosticators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mahávansi, the Rájá-ratnácari, and the Rájá-vali: Forming the Sacred and by Mahānāma, Edward Upham, Abhayarāja, William Buckley Fox (1833)
"Upon this, the king sent for some prognosticators, and inquired from them about
the future events of the prince: then they told the king that the prince ..."
2. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"The monthly prognosticators were the men who knew the omens of the new moon ...
The "monthly prognosticators" had not learned that the right- hand horn is ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1901)
"Ennius declares that he has little regard for interpreters and diviners, including
prognosticators by dreams : "I value at naught the augurs of the Marsian ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam (1839)
"Thou art wearied in the multitude of Wy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the
star-gazers, the prognosticators, stand up, ..."
5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"12, 13. where the Lord saith, 'thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels;
let now the astrologers and star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators stand ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"The astrologers in this passage are " the dividers of the heavens " ; the
star-gazers, " the reviewers of the heavens " ; the monthly prognosticators, ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"If the prognosticators, after the time of the Commonwealth, were cautious ...
It may be said that, even had the prognosticators been able to announce the ..."
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