vaticination
Americannoun
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an act of prophesying.
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a prophesy.
Etymology
Origin of vaticination
First recorded in 1595–1605, vaticination is from the Latin word vāticinātiōn- (stem of vaticinātiō ). See vaticinate, -ion
Example Sentences
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The powers of vaticination possessed by such judges of drama can be fairly tested in the career of Salome on the European stage, apart from the opera.
From La Sainte Courtisane by Wilde, Oscar
No order, no system, no method anywhere in mundane things, and therefore no power of vision and vaticination.
From The Jericho Road by Adkins, W. Bion
In the Heliand the attributes are less varied, 69the vaticination is wanting, and Wurð seems almost the same as Death.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
His gifts of dialectical vaticination made them look upon him as the lively oracle of the special Providence which he himself was accustomed to say presided over the British Empire.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
And yet, having had no experience of the etiquette due to prophets when the orgy of vaticination is upon them, he was not quite comfortable on the question of being scathed.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
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