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Divination
DIVINATION, n. [L., to foretell. See Divine.]
1. The act of divining; a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret or obscure, by the aid of superior beings, or by other than human means. The ancient heathen philosophers divided divination into two kinds, natural and artificial. Natural divination was supposed to be effected by a kind of inspiration or divine afflatus; artificial divination was effected by certain rites, experiments or observations, as by sacrifices, cakes, flour, wine, observation of entrails, flight of birds, lots, verses, omens, position of the stars, etc.
2. Conjectural presage; prediction.
divination appears in definitions for these words:
Aeromancy Alectryomancy Aleuromancy Amphicome Anthropomancy Arithmancy Austromancy Axinomancy Belomancy Bibliomancy Botanomancy Capnomancy Catoptromancy Chiromancy Chiromantic Cleromancy Coscinomancy Crithomancy Divination Divinator Divinatory Divine Diviner Divineress Gastromancy Geomancy Gyromancy Haruspicy Hepatoscopy Hieromancy Hydromancy Hydromantic Lithomancy Mantology Meteromancy Namely Necromancy Nomancy Oneirocritical Onomancy Ophiomancy Orniscopics Ornithomancy Pyromancy Rhabdomancy Sorcery Wise
Aeromancy Alectryomancy Aleuromancy Amphicome Anthropomancy Arithmancy Austromancy Axinomancy Belomancy Bibliomancy Botanomancy Capnomancy Catoptromancy Chiromancy Chiromantic Cleromancy Coscinomancy Crithomancy Divination Divinator Divinatory Divine Diviner Divineress Gastromancy Geomancy Gyromancy Haruspicy Hepatoscopy Hieromancy Hydromancy Hydromantic Lithomancy Mantology Meteromancy Namely Necromancy Nomancy Oneirocritical Onomancy Ophiomancy Orniscopics Ornithomancy Pyromancy Rhabdomancy Sorcery Wise
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