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Definition of Soothsaying
1. Noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
Generic synonyms: Prognostication, Prophecy, Vaticination
Specialized synonyms: Arithmancy, Dowse, Dowsing, Rhabdomancy, Geomancy, Hydromancy, Lithomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, Onomancy, Chirology, Chiromancy, Palm Reading, Palmistry, Pyromancy
Derivative terms: Divine
Definition of Soothsaying
1. n. A true saying; truth.
Definition of Soothsaying
1. Noun. A method of foretelling the future. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soothsaying
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soothsaying
Literary usage of Soothsaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Thus a connection is made with soothsaying and the deliverance of oracles, ...
A similar difference exists between prophecy and soothsaying; ..."
2. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1916)
"Sorcery and soothsaying. — The crime of sorcery and soothsaying 1 is also closely
related to the crime of belonging to a forbidden cult. ..."
3. A History of Continental Criminal Law by Ludwig von Bar (1916)
"Sorcery and soothsaying. — The crime of sorcery and soothsaying 1 is also closely
related to the crime of belonging to a forbidden cult. ..."
4. The History of Magic by Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Botham Howitt (1854)
"soothsaying. CICERO has written a work upon soothsaying which contains a treasure
of all things appertaining to magic. He commences it in a manner which is ..."
5. Euripides and the Spirit of His Dramas by Paul Decharme (1906)
"III soothsaying AND SOOTHSAYERS THE RIGHT OF ASYLUM THE SANCTITY OF THE OATH ...
Belief in soothsaying was particularly strong in Greece in the times when ..."
6. A History of Continental Criminal Law by Ludwig von Bar (1916)
"Sorcery and soothsaying. — The crime of sorcery and ... were frequently
associated.4 Mere soothsaying was not severely punished. ..."
7. Judaism at Rome: B. C. 76 to A. D. 140 by Frederic Huidekoper (1876)
"... made their living by ASTROLOGY and soothsaying.45 In this direction they appear
to have had a rivalry with the Egyptians,46 which In the Sixth, man. ..."
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