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divination Definition

divi·na·tion (div′ə nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or practice of trying to foretell the future or explore the unknown by occult means
  2. a prophecy; augury
  3. a successful guess or intuitive perception

Etymology: ME divinacioun < L divinatio < divinatus, pp. of divinare: see divine

Related Forms:

  • divinatory di·vin′a·to′ry (də vin′ə tôr′ē) adjective
divination Synonyms

divination

n.

augury, interpretation of omens, prediction, soothsaying, sorcery, calculation, foretelling, foreshadowing, palmistry, prognostics, prognostication, clairvoyance, prophecy, extrasensory perception, ESP, spirit-rapping, table-tipping, thaumaturgy, horoscopy, penetration, intimation, portent, insight, warning, fortunetelling, phrenology, astrology, graphology, tea-leaf reading, hieromancy, necromancy, hydromancy, ichthyomancy, pyromancy, crystal gazing, crystallomancy, sciomancy, ornithomancy, ophiomancy, dactyliomancy, Bibliomancy, anthropomancy, alectryomancy, catoptromancy, psephomancy, alphitomancy, lithomancy, oneiromancy, chiromancy, aeromancy, rhabdomancy, cleromancy, aleuromancy, axinomancy, belomancy, haruspicy, genethliacs, dowsing, Ouija board (trademark), casting the planchette, I Ching; see also forecast.

divination Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: To say nothing of the later practice of using divination to determine who was or wasn't a witch.
  • make: One of the things that makes domino divination unique is its system of remedies.
  • perform: In the Celtic Tradition, the year begins at Samhain, this is the most powerful night of the year to perform divination.
  • do: In fact, the book includes two spreads for doing stone Tarot divinations.
  • practice: It means ( using " against " ) that there must be no sorcery or divination practiced against the entire nation.
  • mean: This involves the use of geomancy, meaning divination through the earth or earth magic.

Adjective modifier

  • Ching: Through personal experience, dream interpretation and I Ching divination become part of a single experience.
  • traditional: Prophesy and traditional divination Many of our respondents acknowledged the similarities between the prophet and the traditional diviner.
  • other: As with our other divinations, dice divis are used as just one tool for helping us let go our old habitual patterns.

Modifies a noun

  • discussion: Forum: Divination discussion, advice and tips October 3rd, 2006, 12:45 AM Replies: 13 Why change?
  • technique: For much more in-depth information on divination techniques, join the Cassandra Eason School of Thought.
  • tool: The I Ching was first recorded as a divination tool over 5,000 years ago in China.
  • method: Afterall Runes and I Ching are great and complex divination methods in their own rite.
  • system: Destiny Consultations Online fortune telling using a variety of divination systems.
  • set: Click here to browse the tarot and divination set pages.

Preposition: by

  • mean: We resort to divination by means of scattered salt.

Noun used with modifier

  • spider: Various identifications have been published for the spiders used in spider divination.
  • love: The seeds of the Ash have long been used in love divination.
  • liver: The Etruscans did not appear to practice astrology but they were known for their liver divination.
  • marriage: You are warmly invited to ' Wedding Cake Dreams ' - a performance revealing the bizarre rituals of marriage divination by Jen Walke.