'Soothsaying' definitions:

Definition of 'soothsaying'

From: WordNet
noun
The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling]

Definition of 'Soothsaying'

From: GCIDE
  • Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
  • 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. [1913 Webster]
  • A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. --Acts xvi. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. [1913 Webster]
  • Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. --Eclus. xxxiv. 5. [1913 Webster]

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