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noun

Soothsaying n.

A true saying; truth. (Obs.)

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."

A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. "Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain."

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Etymology of 'Soothsaying'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Soothsaying" Quotes from Famous Books

... and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys' grave, majestic pace, By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And the Carpathian wizard's hook, [Footnote: Proteus] By scaly Triton's winding shell, And old soothsaying Glaucus' spell, By Leucothea's lovely hands, And her son who rules the strands. By Thetis' tinsel-slippered feet, And the songs of Sirens ...

— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch

... opinion in this matter before the morrow, after that she had slept there through the night. And on the morrow, when the day was far spent, such preparations were made as were necessary to enable her to accomplish her soothsaying. She bade them bring her those women, who knew the incantation, which she required to work her spells, and which she called Warlocks; but such women were not to be found. Thereupon a search was made throughout ...

— The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 • Various

... With such soothsaying songs of yore did the Parcae chant from divine breast the felicitous fate of Peleus. For of aforetime the heaven-dwellers were wont to visit the chaste homes of heroes and to shew themselves in mortal assembly ere yet their worship was scorned. Often the ...

— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus