'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]