diviner

[ dih-vahy-ner ]

/ dɪˈvaɪ nər /

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noun

a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.

a person skilled in using a divining rod.

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Origin of diviner

1300–50; divine + -er¹; replacing Middle English divinour<Anglo-French <Late Latin dīvīnātor soothsayer, equivalent to Latin dīvīnā(re) to divine + -tor-tor

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Divine Comedy, divine healing, Divine Liturgy, Divine Mother, divine office, diviner, divine right of kings, divine service, diving beetle, diving bell, diving board

How to use diviner in a sentence

There is a diviner impulse than either at the doing of any actions that are much worth doing.
Friends in Council|Arthur Helps
The superior man (the reasonable man) is better, has a diviner soul, and clearer sensations.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
Hydromancy, divination by water, in which the diviner showed the figure of an absent person.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician|William Henry Davenport Adams
Everything beautiful turned his face to the more beautiful, more precious, diviner Barbara.
There and Back|George MacDonald

And as the divine nature is roused, the diviner nature, the immediate God, enters to possess it.
There and Back|George MacDonald

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