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Definition of Soothsaying

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

Meaning of Soothsaying from wikipedia

- Divination (from Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic...
- Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ‎), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture...
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- not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying [תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ tənaḥăšu wəlo t̲əʿonēnu]." Leviticus...
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- servant girl, whose masters were then unhappy about the loss of income her soothsaying provided. They seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace...
- north of Rome, a "Gr**** of humble origin, versed in sacrifices and soothsaying" had established a nocturnal version, added wine and feasting to the...
- Halakha (Jewish religious law) forbids divination and other forms of soothsaying, and the Talmud lists many persistent yet condemned divining practices...
- the Huns. Maenchen-Helfen argues that the performers of these acts of soothsaying and divination were likely shamans. Sinor also finds it likely that the...
- wizard who at first collected money from his music, together with his soothsaying and his celebration of the orgies connected with the mystic initiatory...