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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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
It is no very good symptom, either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
What better is this than the absurd vaticination of Teiresias?
From The Consolation of Philosophy by James, H. R. (Henry Rosher)
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
In one section of society I hear voices of melancholy vaticination.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
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