divination
noun
[ ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
• "the Celtic art of divination"
Similar:
fortune telling,
divining,
foretelling the future,
forecasting the future,
prophecy,
prediction,
soothsaying,
augury,
clairvoyance,
second sight,
magic,
sorcery,
witchcraft,
spellworking,
vaticination,
sortilege,
auspication,
witchery,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin divinatio(n- ), from divinare ‘predict’ (see divine2).
