Divination definition

dĭvə-nāshən
The act or practice of trying to foretell the future or explore the unknown by occult means.
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A successful guess or intuitive perception.
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A prophecy; augury.
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(countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
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The definition of a divination is the practice of telling of the future or a prophecy.

An example of a divination is what a psychic does.

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(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
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The pretended art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
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An inspired guess or presentiment.
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Something that has been divined.
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The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an alleged supernatural agency.
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Noun

Singular:
divination
Plural:
divinations

Origin of divination

  • From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio

    From Wiktionary

Divination Sentence Examples

  • That they were employed in divination is consonant with the facts already noted.

  • We are justified in concluding, therefore, that among the Greeks and Romans likewise the examination of the liver was the basis of divination in the case of the sacrificial animal.

  • As man approached the gods in sacrifice and prayers, so too the gods declared themselves to men by divers signs and tokens, which it was possible to read by the art of Divination (q.v.).

  • Prophetic personality now moved in a larger sphere than that of divination, important though that function be in the social life of the ancient state as instrumental in declaring the will of the deity when any enterprise was on foot.

  • Like Leonardo, but with much less than Leonardo's genius for scientific speculation and divination, Diirer was a confirmed reasoner and theorist on the laws of nature and natural appearances.

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