Definitions for divination
ˌdɪv əˈneɪ ʃəndiv·ina·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divinationnoun

   successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

2. prophecy, divinationnoun

   a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

3. divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune tellingnoun

   the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divinationnoun

   The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

2. divinationnoun

   The pretended art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

3. divinationnoun

   An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Divinationnoun

   Divination is a prediction or foretelling of future things, which are of a secret and hidden nature, and cannot be known by any human means. John Ayliffe Parergon.

   Etymology: divinatio, Latin.

   Certain tokens they noted in birds, or in the entrails of beasts, or by other the like frivolous divinations. Richard Hooker.

   Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. Num. xxiii. 23.

   Tell thou thy earl his divination lies,
   And I will take it as a sweet disgrace. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   His count’nance did imprint an awe;
   And naturally all souls to his did bow,
   As wands of divination downward draw,
   And point to beds where sov’reign gold doth grow. Dryden.

   The excellency of the soul is seen by its power of divining in dreams: that several such divinations have been made, none can question who believes the holy writings. Joseph Addison, Spectat.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Divination

   Divination (from Latin divinare, 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact or interaction with a supernatural agency. Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appears to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine. Fortune-telling, on the other hand, is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion. Divination has long been criticized. In the modern era, it has been dismissed by the scientific community and skeptics as being superstitious; experiments do not support the idea that divination techniques can actually predict the future more reliably or precisely than would be possible without it. In antiquity it was attacked by philosophers such as the Academic skeptic Cicero in De Divinatione and the Pyrrhonist Sextus Empiricus in Against the Astrologers. The satirist Lucian devoted an essay to Alexander the false prophet.

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1. divination

   Divination is a practice or method used to predict the future, gain insight, or acquire hidden knowledge through interpreting signs, symbols, or supernatural phenomena. It's often associated with religious or spiritual beliefs, rituals, and traditions, and can be carried out using various means such as tarot cards, runes, astrology, or psychic abilities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Divinationnoun

   the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means

2. Divinationnoun

   an indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction

3. Etymology: [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]

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1. Divination

   Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency. Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appear to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine. Fortune-telling, on the other hand, is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion. Divination is often dismissed by sceptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition. In the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, "Alexander the false prophet," trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates", even though most Romans believed in prophetic dreams and charms.

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1. divinationnoun

   An attempt to foresee future events or discover hidden knowledge by means of physical objects such as water, arrows, flying birds, or animal livers.

   The Lord's divination is unthinkable.

   Etymology: Beyond Praise

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on September 1, 2023  

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   divinationnoun

   Divination is the practice of connecting with a higher power in the invisible world, ie. God or Guardian Angels to fortell the future or guidance for the future.

   
   

   Submitted by rhondaseymour70 on April 13, 2022  

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How to pronounce divination?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of divination in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of divination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of divination in a Sentence

1. Josh Billings:

   Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=divination
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Divination
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=divination
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divination
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=divination