Definition of divination

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Divination (n.) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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Aeromancy :: Aeromancy (n.) Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather..
Hydromancy :: Hydromancy (n.) Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients..
Onomancy :: Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
Bibliomancy :: Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events..
Crithomancu :: Crithomancu (n.) A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims..
Osteomanty :: Osteomanty (n.) Divination by means of bones.
Sideromancy :: Sideromancy (n.) Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning..
Lithomancy :: Lithomancy (n.) Divination by means of stones.
Gastromancy :: Gastromancy (n.) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach..
Ophiomancy :: Ophiomancy (n.) Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils..
Wise :: Wise (v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination..
Mantic :: Mantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic..
Ichthyomancy :: Ichthyomancy (n.) Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
Divine :: Divine (v. i.) To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
Spodomantic :: Spodomancy (n.) Divination by means of ashes.
Sciomancy :: Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.
Botanomancy :: Botanomancy (n.) An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves..
Sortilege :: Sortilege (n.) The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Stichometrical :: Stichomancy (n.) Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard..
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