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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Sors :: Sors (n.) A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots..
Pythoness :: Pythoness (n.) Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.
Dactyliomancy :: Dactyliomancy (n.) Divination by means of finger rings.
Omphalomancy :: Omphalomancy (n.) Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have..
Al-phitomancy :: Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.
Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..
Hieromancy :: Hieromancy (n.) Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
Onomancy :: Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
Divine :: Divine (v. i.) To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
Alectryomancy :: Alectryomancy (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten..
Catoptromancy :: Catoptromancy (n.) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable..
Aleuromancy :: Aleuromancy (n.) Divination by means of flour.
Cleromancy :: Cleromancy (n.) A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
Osteomanty :: Osteomanty (n.) Divination by means of bones.
Augury :: Augury (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination..
Geloscopy :: Geloscopy (n.) Divination by means of laughter.
Sciomancy :: Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.
Geomancy :: Geomancy (n.) A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper..
Diviner :: Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means..
Pyromancy :: Pyromancy (n.) Divination by means of fire.
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