Meaning of SOOTHSAYING
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| | Definition: | | [n] the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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| | Synonyms: | | divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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| | See Also: | | chirology, chiromancy, dowse, dowsing, geomancy, hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, onomancy, palm reading, palmistry, prognostication, prophecy, pyromancy, rhabdomancy, vaticination | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events;
the art or practice of making predictions.
A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . .
. which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying. --Acts xvi.
16.
3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.
--Eclus.
xxxiv. 5.
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