vaticination

[ vuh-tis-uh-ney-shuhn, vat-uh-suh- ]

/ vəˌtɪs əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌvæt ə sə- /

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noun

an act of prophesying.

a prophesy.

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Origin of vaticination

First recorded in 1595–1605, vaticination is from the Latin word vāticinātiōn- (stem of vaticinātiō). See vaticinate, -ion

A great poet seems to require his birth in an age when there are about him great self-revelations of man, for his vaticination.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
This vaticination, which loses much in the translation, I have given rather fully, as it shows an observant mind.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Even the babe unborn did not escape some unsavory epithets in the way of vaticination.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860|Various
The "Doctor" was by brevet or vaticination, to make the grade easier to my pocket.
The Oxford Book of American Essays|Various

If not, where was there room for marvel at Simeon's vaticination?
The Supernatural Claims Of Christianity Tried By Two Of Its Own Rules|Lionel Lisle