Definition of divination

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Divination (n.) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

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Mantology :: Mantology (n.) The act or art of divination.
#NAME? :: -mancy () A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc..
Gyromancy :: Gyromancy (n.) A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it..
Tephramancy :: Tephramancy (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
Diviner :: Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means..
Sortilege :: Sortilege (n.) The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.
Onychomancy :: Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.
Enoptomancy :: Enoptomancy (n.) Divination by the use of a mirror.
Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..
Chartomancy :: Chartomancy (n.) Divination by written paper or by cards.
Lithomancy :: Lithomancy (n.) Divination by means of stones.
Spodomantic :: Spodomancy (n.) Divination by means of ashes.
Sorcery :: Sorcery (n.) Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment..
Onomancy :: Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
Sciomancy :: Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.
Divine :: Divine (v. i.) To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
Crystallomancy :: Crystallomancy (n.) Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl..
Ornithomancy :: Ornithomancy (n.) Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc..
Gastromancy :: Gastromancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art..
Augury :: Augury (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination..
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