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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
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2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events;
the art or practice of making predictions.
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A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . .
. which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying. --Acts xvi.
16.
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3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
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Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.
--Eclus.
xxxiv. 5.
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